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1375:Summary: Escarpments
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1146:North Dakota
964:Pennsylvania
923:Devil's Rock
859:North Dakota
845:Saskatchewan
761:Sub-Cambrian
747:Baltic Klint
738:escarpments.
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669:Isle of Skye
647:Wenlock Edge
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605:South Downs
600:North Downs
573:Pukerua Bay
569:PaekÄkÄriki
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267:fault scarp
167:is a steep
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1495:Categories
1337:References
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1200:California
1172:Pine Ridge
1136:New Mexico
1116:Washington
1072:California
1058:Cody Scarp
998:New Jersey
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455:Antarctica
449:Madagascar
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110:July 2015
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364:erosion
358:Erosion
308:Mercury
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