rock outcrops
Exposed bedrock formations
Rock outcrops are places where bedrock breaks through the soil surface and becomes visible.
They appear as exposed stone faces on hillsides, cliff edges, or anywhere erosion has stripped away overlying earth.
Geologists study outcrops to understand underlying rock formations without drilling.
Lichens covered the granite outcrops along the ridge.
- torsExposed rocky hilltops
- ridgesNarrow elevated formations
- cliffsSteep natural rock walls
- sea stacksIsolated coastal rock formations
- escarpmentsSteep slope or cliff
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- habitatsforest, ocean, lake, river, pond
- Canadian Shieldboreal forest, glacial lakes, Hudson Bay, Lake Superior, gneiss
- forest recreationcampgrounds, camping sites, camping areas, hiking trails, trail maps
- savannasavanna, grassland, acacia, African savannah, baobab tree
- alpine zonesalpine meadow, alpine lakes, treeline, timberline, snowfields
- AppalachiansAppalachians, Blue Ridge Mountains, Blue Ridge Parkway, Great Smoky Mountains, Blue Ridge