steep cliffs
Vertical coastal rock
Steep cliffs are near-vertical rock faces rising sharply from the ground or water below.
The phrase is somewhat redundant—cliffs are by nature steep—but emphasizes dramatic verticality: The trail wound along steep cliffs overlooking the ocean.
Common in travel writing and warnings about dangerous terrain.
- fiordsGlacially carved coastal inlets
- escarpmentsSteep slope or cliff
- AlpsEuropean mountain system
- precipiceSteep rock face
- sea stacksIsolated coastal rock formations
erosion · coastal zones · basalt columns · ledge · overhang · rocky outcrop · fault lines · sedimentary layers · Norway · rock climbing · cliff diving · crag · dizzying · glacial · perilous · danger zone · hiking trails · ravine
- FjordsNorwegian fjords, deep water, inlet, glacial valleys
- national parksYellowstone, Yosemite, Grand Canyon, Everglades, Glacier National Park
- South AtlanticFalklands, Falkland Islands, Saint Helena, South Georgia, St. Helena
steep cliffsgentle slopes
Gradual changes in elevation
rolling hills · flat terrain · level ground · flatlands · plains
steep cliffssandy beaches
Coastlines covered with granules
marshlands · tidal flats · flood plains · valley floors · open fields