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  • Thumbnail for John Muir Wilderness
    the Wilderness Act and named for naturalist John Muir, it encompasses 652,793 acres (2,641.76 km2). The wilderness lies along the eastern escarpment of...
    7 KB (566 words) - 22:50, 8 July 2023
  • Thumbnail for Porcupine Mountains
    feature of the Porcupine Mountains is the long basalt and conglomerate escarpment parallel to the Lake Superior shore and overlooking Lake of the Clouds...
    9 KB (775 words) - 21:58, 24 August 2024
  • Thumbnail for Chinese Wall (Montana)
    The Chinese Wall is a large escarpment located in the Bob Marshall Wilderness Area in Montana. While definitions of the length of the wall vary (to up...
    2 KB (163 words) - 09:12, 19 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for Zambezi Escarpment
    Mavuradona wilderness south of Lake Cahora Bassa. Again, the floor of the rift valley is quite flat here providing a marked contrast to the escarpment. Zambezi...
    2 KB (233 words) - 14:20, 1 July 2024
  • Thumbnail for Catskill Escarpment
    The Catskill Escarpment, often referred to locally as just the Escarpment or the Great Wall of Manitou, and known as the Catskill Front to geologists,...
    44 KB (5,579 words) - 00:24, 21 April 2024
  • Thumbnail for Drakensberg
    Drakensberg (category Great Escarpment, Southern Africa)
    the eastern portion of the Great Escarpment, which encloses the central Southern African plateau. The Great Escarpment reaches its greatest elevation –...
    28 KB (2,910 words) - 10:16, 24 July 2024
  • Thumbnail for Bob Marshall Wilderness
    The Bob Marshall Wilderness Area is a congressionally-designated wilderness area located in Western Montana region of the United States. It is named after...
    11 KB (977 words) - 01:28, 28 February 2023
  • Thumbnail for Six Foot Track
    1,200 m (3,900 ft) approx Lowest point Coxs River, 400 m (1,300 ft) approx Difficulty Medium Season All Sights Caves, escarpments, wilderness, fauna...
    7 KB (830 words) - 15:11, 19 July 2022
  • Thumbnail for Sarah Harmer
    parts of wilderness near the escarpment removed. To support the organization, she and her acoustic band embarked on a tour of the escarpment, hiking the...
    18 KB (1,491 words) - 00:43, 4 June 2024
  • Thumbnail for Allegheny Front
    Allegheny Front (category Escarpments of the United States)
    an increasingly steep escarpment west of the North Fork of the South Branch Potomac River, with the Roaring Plains West Wilderness continuing the high plateaus...
    20 KB (2,125 words) - 14:37, 13 January 2024
  • Thumbnail for UKhahlamba-Drakensberg Park
    South African parts of the Drakensberg escarpment formation have been designated as game reserves or wilderness areas. The uKhahlamba-Drakensberg Park...
    6 KB (511 words) - 22:01, 8 March 2024
  • Thumbnail for Friedrich Wilderness Park
    Friedrich Wilderness Park lies at the southern end of the Texas Hill Country. The park is hilly due to its location on the Balcones escarpment that separates...
    3 KB (234 words) - 20:56, 15 December 2020
  • Plateau region. The wilderness is composed of broad plateaus, tall escarpments, and deep canyons. The Paria River flows through the wilderness before joining...
    13 KB (1,118 words) - 22:33, 27 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for Gatineau Hills
    is related to the Eardley Escarpment, which is a fault line that lies along the southern edge of the hills. This escarpment makes the park an attractive...
    4 KB (464 words) - 21:50, 14 August 2023
  • Thumbnail for Judaean Desert
    east of Beit El, and is marked by natural terraces with escarpments. It ends in a steep escarpment dropping to the Dead Sea and the Jordan Valley. The Judaean...
    18 KB (2,172 words) - 19:05, 1 September 2024
  • north-south direction. A very large escarpment known as the "Rincon" is a prominent landmark in the southern end of the wilderness. Vegetation in the area includes...
    2 KB (128 words) - 00:20, 1 November 2021
  • Thumbnail for Mogollon Rim
    Mogollon Rim (category Escarpments of the United States)
    forms the southern edge of the Colorado Plateau in Arizona. The Rim is an escarpment defining the southwestern edge of the Colorado Plateau.: 1189  Its central...
    7 KB (807 words) - 20:14, 12 December 2023
  • Thumbnail for Kiavah Wilderness
    The Kiavah Wilderness is a federally designated wilderness area located in the Mojave Desert, Scodie Mountains, and southern Sierra Nevada in Kern County...
    7 KB (729 words) - 04:13, 6 August 2024
  • Thumbnail for San Jacinto Mountains
    San Jacinto Mountains (category Wilderness areas of California)
    potentially impact the communities built directly adjacent to the steep escarpment on the desert side of the range. The San Jacinto Mountains, like the neighboring...
    11 KB (1,231 words) - 22:50, 22 August 2024
  • Thumbnail for Red River Gorge
    east-central Kentucky, United States. Geologically it is part of the Pottsville Escarpment. The gorge lies within the Daniel Boone National Forest and was subsequently...
    18 KB (1,963 words) - 16:05, 24 August 2024
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