What Does Outcropping Mean?

An outcrop or rocky outcrop is a visible exposure of bedrock or ancient superficial deposits on the surface of the Earth.

What does the word outcroppings mean?

1 : a coming out of bedrock or of an unconsolidated deposit to the surface of the ground. 2 : the part of a rock formation that appears at the surface of the ground.

What is a sentence for outcropping?

Outcropping Sentence Examples

Not far from the camp, they reached a rock outcropping. Finally they descended into a low place in the ravine, momentarily putting an outcropping between them and the Indians who waited.

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