escarpment
Étymologie
modifier- Du français escarpement.
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escarpment \Prononciation ?\ |
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escarpment \Prononciation ?\
- (Topographie) Escarpement.
It may simply be noted that the region comprises highlands that are bounded on the east by the precipitous escarpment bordering the Danakil lowlands and the Red Sea.
— (David W. Phillipson, Foundations of an African Civilisation. Aksum & the northern Horn, 1000 BC–AD 1300, Woodbridge, Suffolk: James Currey, page 10, 2012)
Synonymes
modifierPrononciation
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