Rock shelter
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A rock shelter is a shallow cave-like opening at the base of a bluff or cliff.
The larger of the two Rockhouse Cliffs Rock Shelters
Rock shelter in the Little Carpathians
Dig of a Paleolithic site in the Zagros Mountains, Iran
Cliff
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In geography and geology, a cliff or bluff or rock face is an area of rock which has a general angle defined by the vertical, or nearly vertical. Cliffs are formed by the processes of weathering and e
Rock shelter
…A rock shelter (also rockhouse, crepuscular cave, bluff shelter, or abri) is a shallow cave-like opening at the base of a bluff or cliff. Rock shelters form because a relatively resistant rock stratum such as sandstone has formed a cliff or bluff, while a softer stratum like shale lies…
The White Cliffs of Dover
The Trango Towers in Pakistan. Their vertical faces are the world's tallest cliffs. Trango Tower center; Trango Monk center left; Trango II far left; Great Trango right.
Europe's highest cliff, Troll Wall in Norway, a famous BASE jumping location for jumpers from around the world.
The far southwestern aspect of Nanga Parbat's Rupal face, highest cliff (rock wall/mountain face) in the world. The steepest part of the face is 2 km to the northeast. Cliffs are very common in areas where there are river banks and oceans.