Assertion: escarpment | /r/MadeOf | fracturing
Facets:
value: commonly
type: TEMPORAL
Source sentences:
text: The highest of these terraces is at 200 feet above sea level and is fronted by an escarpment (a long, clifflike ridge of land, rock, or the like, commonly formed by faulting or fracturing of the earth's crust) which is very prominent along the east side of the Anacostia River.