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List of escarpments
A list of escarpments follows below.
Shaded and colored image from the
Shuttle Radar Topography Mission
—shows an
elevation model
of New Zealand's
Alpine Fault
running about 500 km (300 mi) long. The escarpment is flanked by a chain of hills squeezed between the
fault
and the
mountains
of
New Zealand's Southern Alps
. Northeast is towards the top.
The Sierra Escarpment in
California
At the
Florida Escarpment
, seen in the eastern Gulf of Mexico, the sea bed drops precipitously from less than 300 to 3,000 m (1,000 to 10,000 ft) over a short distance.
Perspective view of the Martian polar ice cap and
Rupes Tenuis
with
Abalos Mensa
on the left of the picture.
Discovery Rupes
Oblique view of
Rupes Recta
(left)
