scarped
Made into cliffs
Scarped describes terrain that has been cut into a steep slope or cliff face, either naturally or artificially.
A scarped hillside drops away sharply.
Military fortifications were often scarped to make assault difficult: The scarped walls of the fortress rose forty feet from the ditch below.
The term comes from scarp, the steep inner face of a defensive ditch or natural escarpment.
Steep rock face
- bluffCalculated false front
- cragSteep rugged outcrop
- rockfaceExposed cliff surface
- palisadeFence of pointed stakes
overhang · drop-off · ledge · tor · outcrop · pinnacle · gorge · ravine
Flat highland area
- mesaFlat-topped steep-sided elevation
- butteIsolated flat-topped hill
- cuestaAsymmetrical tilted-rock ridge
- hogbackSteep-sided narrow ridge
ridge · promontory · outcrop · tor · knoll · drumlin · hillock · tablelands
precipice
Steep rock face
palisade · overhang · drop-off · ledge · tor · outcrop · pinnacle · gorge · ravine · chasm
plateau
Flat highland area
- mesaFlat-topped steep-sided elevation
- butteIsolated flat-topped hill
- cuestaAsymmetrical tilted-rock ridge
hogback · ridge · promontory · outcrop · tor · knoll · drumlin · hillock · tablelands · graben
incline
Angled rising surface
declivity · acclivity · pitch · grade · bank · rise · angle · slant · uphill · elevation
weathering
Atmospheric breakdown of materials
degradation · rockslide · landslide · gully · washout · riverbank · coastline · glacier · canyon · undercutting