limestone bluffs
Chalky riverside heights
Limestone bluffs are steep cliff faces composed of limestone, typically formed along rivers or coastlines where erosion has exposed and shaped the rock.
The term appears frequently in descriptions of American Midwest and Southern landscapes: The trail winds along the limestone bluffs overlooking the river.
Bluffs differ from cliffs mainly in having a broader, more rounded profile.
- karstEroded soluble rock terrain
- erosionGradual wearing away
- calciteCrystalline calcium carbonate
- eaglesLarge predatory birds
- sedimentary rockLayered geological formation
habitat · weathering · river valley · nesting sites · cliff · tower karst · cave systems · dissolution · fossil beds · geologic formation · dolomite · quarrying · Ordovician · scenic vistas · natural beauty · swallow · biodiversity · sheer
- Southeast landscapesbarrier islands, bayous, Blue Ridge Mountains, bottomlands, coastal plains
- Ohio outdoorsstate parks, nature preserves, Lake Erie, Ohio River, gorges
- Buffalo RiverJasper, float trips, Ozarks, Ozark Mountains
- Driftless Regionriver valleys, trout streams, Sparta, Galena, Lansing
- OzarksOzark Mountains, Ozarks, Ozark, Devil's Den, Branson
- scenic overlooksoverlooks, viewpoints, vista points, observation decks, lookouts
limestone bluffsvalley floors
Low terrain between heights
river bottoms · prairie · tidal flats · valley floor · lowlands
limestone bluffssandy beaches
Coastlines covered with granules
mudflats · marshland · peat bogs · quicksand · loose sediment