rock faces
Sheer mountain walls
Rock faces are the vertical or near-vertical surfaces of rock formations, cliffs, or mountains.
Climbers scale rock faces; geologists study them for exposed strata.
The term emphasizes the sheer, exposed quality of the surface: The rock face rose straight up from the valley floor.
A single such surface is a rock face.
- cragsSteep, rugged rock formations
- cliffsSteep natural rock walls
- precipiceSteep rock face
- visagesCountenances or appearances
- ledgeProjecting horizontal surface
promontory · scars · escarpment · striations · geological formations · pictographs · mountaineering · free climbing · climbing wall · profiles · stone · expressions · countenance · stone cold · bluff · rappelling · outcrop · boulders
- Alpine terrainpeaks, valleys, glacial lakes, mountain passes, ridges
- rocky terraincliffs, boulders, scree, outcrops, rockfall
- slopesslope, incline, slopes, inclines, grade
- ancient artsculpture, sculptures, pottery, mosaics, murals
- pareidoliaman in the moon, simulacra
- FjordsNorwegian fjords, deep water, steep cliffs, inlet, glacial valleys
rock facesgentle slopes
Gradual changes in elevation
flat ground · plains · flatlands · plateaus · rolling hills
rock facessoft ground
Unstable, yielding terrain
sandy beaches · manicured lawns · mudflats · marshland · loamy soil
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