rock ledge
Cliff's natural step
A rock ledge is a narrow horizontal shelf of rock projecting from a cliff face or mountainside.
Climbers rest on rock ledges, birds nest on them, and hikers inch along them on exposed trails: We found a rock ledge wide enough to sit on and eat lunch.
The term emphasizes the stone composition, distinguishing it from earthen or artificial ledges.
- cliffVertical rock wall
- outcropSurfacing native stone
- precipiceSteep rock face
- cragSteep rugged outcrop
- shelfHorizontal storage surface
bluff · escarpment · foothold · granite · limestone · perch · birds nest · edge · climbing · free climbing · handhold · narrow · jutting · sheer · drop · death defying · mountain · mountain goat
- ledgeswindowsill, sill
- landformsmountain, cliff, valley, volcano, mountain ridge
- reptile keepingterrarium, terrariums, vivarium, vivariums, enclosure
- rock formationsstalactite, stalagmite, crag, peak, boulder
- cliff featuresprecipice, cliff face, crag, overhang, rockface
- overhangsoverhang, eaves, awning, canopy, cantilever
rock ledgequicksand
Yielding, engulfing sediment
bog · swamp · mire · marshland · shifting sands
rock ledgevalley floor
Bottom of depression between hills
canyon floor · lowland · basin · trench · gully
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