cliffing

Beaches, corals, and cliffing: John Lloyd State Park

Emergency fill-in entry mariness 2006

The question is, of course, will the finished restored beach resist cliffing and erosion?

Emergency fill-in entry mariness 2006

Most of the time, beach cliffing is a natural process accelerated by beachfront development which prevents full wind and rain and wave action from rebuilding the beach.

Emergency fill-in entry mariness 2006

The quoin-shaped hills of the foreground, all uptilted and cliffing to the north, show the curious mauve and red tints of the many-coloured clays called in the Brazil Tauá.

The Land of Midian 2003

Follows Umm el-Furút (the “Mother of Plenty”), a mural crest, a quoin-shaped wall, cliffing to the south: the face, perpendicular where it looks seawards, bears a succession of scars, upright gashes, the work of wind and weather; and the body which supports it is a slope disposed at the natural angle.

The Land of Midian 2003

The hill-casing of the valley forms no regular line; the heaps of black, red, and rusty trap are here detached and pyramidal, there cliffing as if in presence of the sea.

The Land of Midian 2003

The hill-casing of the valley forms no regular line; the heaps of black, red, and rusty trap are here detached and pyramidal, there cliffing as if in presence of the sea.

The Land of Midian — Volume 2 Richard Francis Burton 1855

The height at the edge of the precipice which, cliffing to the north, showed a view of our camp and of Yubú and Shu'shú 'Islands, was in round numbers 450 feet

The Land of Midian — Volume 1 Richard Francis Burton 1855

The quoin-shaped hills of the foreground, all uptilted and cliffing to the north, show the curious mauve and red tints of the many-coloured clays called in the Brazil Tauá.

The Land of Midian — Volume 1 Richard Francis Burton 1855

Follows Umm el-Furút (the "Mother of Plenty"), a mural crest, a quoin-shaped wall, cliffing to the south: the face, perpendicular where it looks seawards, bears a succession of scars, upright gashes, the work of wind and weather; and the body which supports it is a slope disposed at the natural angle.

The Land of Midian — Volume 2 Richard Francis Burton 1855