Scarp may refer to:
Landforms and geology
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Cliff
In geography and geology, a cliff or rock face is an area of Rock (geology), rock which has a general angle defined by the vertical, or nearly vertical. Cliffs are formed by the processes of weathering and erosion, with the effect of gravity. ...
, a significant vertical, or near vertical, rock exposure
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Escarpment
An escarpment is a steep slope or long cliff that forms as a result of faulting or erosion and separates two relatively level areas having different elevations.
Due to the similarity, the term '' scarp'' may mistakenly be incorrectly used inte ...
, a steep slope or long cliff that occurs from erosion or faulting and separates two relatively level areas of differing elevations
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Fault scarp
A fault scarp is a small step-like offset of the ground surface in which one side of a fault has shifted vertically in relation to the other. The topographic expression of fault scarps results from the differential erosion of rocks of contrastin ...
, the topographic expression of faulting attributed to the displacement of the land surface by movement along faults
Other
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Scarp, Scotland, an island in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland
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Scarp Forest, a location in
South Africa
South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the Southern Africa, southernmost country in Africa. Its Provinces of South Africa, nine provinces are bounded to the south by of coastline that stretches along the Atlantic O ...
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counterscarp
A scarp and a counterscarp are the inner and outer sides, respectively, of a ditch or moat used in fortifications. Attackers (if they have not bridged the ditch) must descend the counterscarp and ascend the scarp. In permanent fortifications, the ...
, the inner and outer sides of a ditch or moat used in fortifications
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SS-9 Scarp
The R-36 () is a family of intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs) and space launch vehicles (Tsyklon) designed by the Soviet Union during the Cold War. The original R-36 was deployed under the GRAU index 8K67 and was given the NATO reportin ...
, the NATO reporting name for the R-36 ICBM
* ''Scarp'', a 2013 book by the British writer
Nick Papadimitriou
See also
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Scarpe (disambiguation)
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