rimrock

Examples

• All

• The canyon where the water widens, runs deeper, eddies in against rimrock, gullets the bank's soft palette.

  Academic text (2010)

• With Rimrock

  Academic text (2000)

• Contact us here at Rimrock.

  Blog text (31)

• "Well, if we stay on this side of the river, there is supposed to be a trail that leads up that rimrock on the edge of the other mesa.

  Fiction book (1993)

• Crews tell us about 90 fires burning between the Chelan/Kittitas County border and Rimrock Lake along Highway 12.

  Blog text (14)

• Badger—I can see him now, skylined on the rimrock twenty meters past Bob—he's got the high ground and a assault rifle.

  Fiction book (1998)

• The p27 imagination is easily led down past Wall Mountain's inclined rimrock to the canyon of Sixteenmile Creek, as ornery for its size as any chasm anywhere.

  Fiction book (1993)

• RIMROCK HERE, HE'S--

  The Horse Whisperer (1998)

• We set up our campsite on the edge of the rimrock, enjoying the spectacular views of the canyon below.

• While hiking, we found a path leading to the rimrock, which offered an exhilarating perspective of the valley.

Synonyms

C

cliff

vsrimrock

438 1.0

A high, steep edge of rock or ground often by the sea

is the feature specifically forming an elevated landform edge

E

edge of the cliff

vsrimrock

6 3.6

The outer part of a cliff where the ground drops down sharply

is a hard layer or steep ledge that creates that outer boundary

E

escarpment

vsrimrock

3 8.2

A long steep slope or cliff that separates higher land from lower land

is a hard layer or steep ledge that forms an elevated edge locally

R

rock outcrop

vsrimrock

• Specialized

1 6.0

A piece of hard rock that sticks out above the ground

is a steep elevated edge made by a hard layer

H

headwall

vsrimrock

• Specialized

1 8.4

A steep cliff at the top of a small mountain valley

is found at a plateau or canyon edge rather than in a valley upper end

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology