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escarpment

steep slope or long cliff that forms as a result of faulting or erosion and separates two relatively level areas having different elevations
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escarpment

Summary

escarpment ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,362 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • escarpment is a type of slope[2].
  • escarpment is part of cuesta[3].
  • escarpment's Commons category is recorded as Escarpments[4].
  • escarpment's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Escarpments[5].
  • escarpment's different from is recorded as Q21082754[6].
  • escarpment's exact match is recorded as http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00000280[7].

Body

Definition and Type

escarpment is a type of slope[2].

Use and Application

escarpment is part of cuesta[3].

Influence

Things named for escarpment include Leitner[8], a family name[9].

Why It Matters

escarpment ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,362 views/month).[1] escarpment has Wikipedia articles in 14 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[10] escarpment is known by 41 alternative names across languages and contexts.[11]

Entities named for escarpment include Leitner[8], a family name[9].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . Environment Ontology. Retrieved . raw.githubusercontent.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [9] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [10] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [11] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). escarpment. Retrieved October 10, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/escarpment
MLA “escarpment.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 10 Oct. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/escarpment.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_escarpment_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{escarpment}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/escarpment}, note = {Accessed: 2026-10-10}}
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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 2h ago · RVA2869 · 2026-10-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbeditentity-update-languages-and-other-short:0||de */ Cleanup: remove wikimedia+self_stated_in refs; normalize text ([[User:Difool/WikidataCleanup]])"
  2. 6d ago · عُثمان · 2026-10-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sitelink count → 23
    Environment ontology id → 00000280, 00000281
    Wikipedia languages → ['an', 'ar', 'ast', 'br', 'cy', 'en', 'es', 'fa', 'fr', 'ga', 'gl', 'he', 'id',
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P3859]]: 00000281, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/143353983|fault escarpment (#143353983)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/5484|Environment On"
  3. 7w ago · SLuecke · 2026-08-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Part of → —
    Part of → cuesta
    Subclass of → —
    Verbaalpina id → C4028
    + 4 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P10381]]: C4028, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1786955435161"
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