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It is designated with the term of cliff to that accident geographic that is characterized by presenting a steep slope or vertical. Traditionally, cliffs are usually on the coasts, however, those arranged in mountains, faults and river banks will also be considered as such.. A coast A cliff is one that is cut vertically, while the seabed is one that is characterized by forming steps.

The cliffs are almost always made up of rocks that are highly resistant to erosion and to atmospheric action, known as sedimentary rocks, such as sandstone, dolomite, limestone and limonite. Meanwhile, igneous rocks such as basalt and granite are not excluded from this type of training.

On the other hand, it may be that we find a very particular type of cliff, which, of course, is the least, which is called an escarpment or escarpment and that it is a rock slope that will cut the terrain abruptly and that has to be formed either by a landslide or by a fault tectonics.
Also, it may be that we run into cliffs that, contrary to those previously mentioned, culminate with waterfalls and caves at the base or end instead with a ridge.

In addition to the visual beauty that it gives to the geography any region, the cliffs are usually the terrain most used by sports of risk. For example, swimmers, especially divers, use them a lot for their practices and for For its part, the cliffs located in the mountains are usually the best place for lovers of the air do parachute jumps or paragliding.

Among the largest cliffs in the world are that of the Mountain range of Karakorum in Pakistan with 1,340 meters of height and that of Kaulapapa in Hawaii of 1,010 meters of height.