It is designated by the term cliff that accident geographical characterized by a slope or vertical present pronounced. Traditionally, cliffs are usually on the coasts, however, those arranged in mountains, faults and river banks will also be considered as such . A steep coast 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 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 formation .
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 tectonic fault.
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 gives the geography of any region , the cliffs are often used by most field sports risk . For example, swimmers, especially divers, use them a lot for their practices and for their part, the cliffs located in the mountains are usually the best place for air lovers to perform parachute jumps or paragliding.
Among the largest cliffs in the world are the Karakorum Mountain Range in Pakistan at 1,340 meters high and the Kaulapapa in Hawaii at 1,010 meters .