cuesta

noun

Definition of cuestanext
as in butte

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  1. butte
  2. cliff
  3. hogback
  4. escarpment
  5. bluff
  6. scarp
  7. precipice
  8. barranca
Noun
  • Enchantment Resort Sedona, Arizona Snowbirds traveling south for winter can still catch white peaks on red-rock buttes in the high desert.
    Meira Gebel, Axios, 23 Dec. 2024
  • People can see the cinder cone volcanic field, Sedona's red rock buttes and as far as the Grand Canyon on a clear day.
    The Arizona Republic, The Arizona Republic, 6 Dec. 2024
Definition of butte
Noun
  • Hawaii Volcanoes National Park is warning the many visitors coming to view Kilauea's most recent eruption to take precautions after a toddler snuck past a barrier and almost fell off a cliff.
    Kathleen Wong, USA TODAY, 27 Dec. 2024
  • When Jun-ho refuses to surrender to his brother, In-ho shoots him, and Jun-ho falls off a cliff, seemingly to his death.
    Kayti Burt, TIME, 24 Dec. 2024
Definition of cliff
Noun
  • These geomorphic formations of rugged slopes are known locally as ‘hogbacks’ and present a particularly harsh environment in which to try and perfect agricultural techniques.
    Paul Caputo, Forbes, 30 Nov. 2024
  • The power lines that are perched on the property, its water scarcity, and the fact that Thunder Valley is surrounded on the hogback by trails and open space means it likely won’t be overrun by a housing development anytime soon.
    Kyle Newman, The Denver Post, 8 June 2024
Definition of hogback
Noun
  • Hike back down the Beach Trail from the visitors center through chaparral and sandy bluffs to the shore at Flat Rock, where rain has eroded deep arroyos into the 300-foot sandstone escarpments.
    Dakota Kim, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2024
  • It was built of a tough wood that only grew along a small escarpment near the village.
    Scott Haugen, Outdoor Life, 16 Oct. 2024
Definition of escarpment
Noun
  • The main home on a large bluff overlooks the Sulphur River and the approximate 2,800 tillable acres and the 400 acres of pasture ideal for grazing livestock.
    Alexis Simmerman, Austin American-Statesman, 17 Dec. 2024
  • Perched atop a windswept bluff, this Victorian Gothic beauty has been guiding mariners since 1890.
    Cliff Lewis, Orange County Register, 13 Dec. 2024
Definition of bluff
Noun
  • Surrounding that is the environmental protective garment (EPG), the heavy, visible, outer covering of the suit that protects the astronauts from cuts and punctures on a lunar terrain that bristles with jagged rocks and scarps.
    Jeffrey Kluger, TIME, 18 Oct. 2024
  • The Juno mission, which has been orbiting Jupiter since 2016, has been studying Europa more closely still, documenting ice walls, scarps, and ridges, all suggestive of a surface in constant motion.
    Jeffrey Kluger, TIME, 4 Oct. 2024
Definition of scarp
Noun
  • Where that leaves them is on the precipice of a likely wholescale housecleaning.
    Pat Leonard, New York Daily News, 23 Dec. 2024
  • In Week 15, Taylor was on the precipice of a 41-yard touchdown run against the Denver Broncos that could have given the Colts a 20-7 lead in the third quarter.
    Rohan Nadkarni, NBC News, 23 Dec. 2024
Definition of precipice
Noun
  • From a gnarly lie in the rough, his third shot from 116 yards found the barranca in front of the green.
    Steve Gardner, USA TODAY, 16 June 2023
  • Clark held his nerve to the end and was right there with him, even after a rare errant shot into the barranca on the 17th.
    Doug Ferguson, Chicago Tribune, 17 June 2023
Definition of barranca
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