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PanethosThe following list identifies the longest escarpments on the planet. Escarpments are defined as follows: <blockquote>Escarpment: “A steep slope or long cliff that results from erosion or faulting and separates two relatively level areas of differing elevations.”Source: The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition</blockquote>If you have ever driven along the Ohio Turnpike near Cleveland, you have gone up/down the Portage Escarpment. Similarly, between Toronto and London Ontario, one would have to cross the Niagara Escarpment. In fact, <a href="https://www.niagaraparks.com/visit-niagara-parks/plan-your-visit/niagara-falls-geology-facts-figures/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Niagara Falls</a>, on the New York/Ontario border, are literally a part of the Niagara Escarpment. The falls are where the elevation drops dramatically between Lake Erie (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Erie" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">571 feet above sea level</a>) on the upper side and Lake Ontario (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Ontario" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">243 feet above sea level</a>) on the lower side of the escarpment. The Welland Canal was specifically built to bypass the falls and cross the escarpment. Niagara Falls on the Niagara Escarpment -Source: driftwoodjournals.com Similar examples of lengthy escarpments can be found worldwide on every continent including Antarctica. And the steepness/sheerness of them can vary too, as the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cody_Scarp" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Cody Scarp</a> in northern Florida is comparatively quite mild. However, most escarpments are quite bold, rapidly rising to elevations well above the surrounding terrain. The sharp change can often be measured in hundreds or thousands of feet. In several cases, hiking trails or scenic byways have been developed along or near the rim of these magnificent natural features, providing amazing visiting fr those trekking them. Blue Ridge Parkway, <a href="https://www.alltrails.com/trail/us/arizona/mogollon-rim-road-scenic-drive" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Mogollon Rim Road</a> and Skyline Drive are examples of scenic byways while the<a href="https://www.knobstonehikingtrail.org" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> Knobstone Trail</a> in Indiana and the developing <a href="https://www.longdistancehiker.com/the-mogollon-rim-trail-mrt/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Mogollon Rim Trail</a> in Arizona are hiking routes. Knobstone Hiking Trail in Indiana – Source: Indianaoutfitters.com For proposes of this post a minimum length of 10 miles was required and escarpments which are primarily situated underwater (ocean/sea/lake, etc.) are not included. Those shown in italics the author has seen or traveled across. Peace!<ol><li>Great Escarpment of Southern Africa = 3,107 miles/5,000 km</li></ol> Great Southern Africa Escarpment (gray line) – Source: reserachgate.net Drakensberg portion of the Great Southern Africa Escarpment in South Africa – Source: alexnail.com 2. Great Escarpment (Oceania) = 2,200 miles/3,600 km Great Australian Escarpment (red) – Source: researchgate.net 3. Grande Escarpa do Brasil (South America) = 1,600 miles/2,600 km Source: sarthaks.com 4. Niagara Escarpment (North America) = 1,000 miles/1609 km Niagara Escarpment – Source: Waterloo.ca 5. Atlantic Seaboard Fall Line (North America) = 900 miles/1,400 km Fall Line (thicker red line) – Source: alchetron,com 6. Portage Escarpment (North America) ~ 653 miles/1051 km Portage Escarpment – Source: kids.kiddle.co 7-8. Darling Scarp (Oceania) and Madagascar East Coast Escarpment (Africa) = 620 miles/1,000 km9. Blue Ridge Escarpment (North America) = 550 miles/885 km10. Tuwaiq Escarpment (Asia) = 500 miles/800 km11. Zambezi Escarpment (Africa) = 497 miles/800 km12. Manitoba/Pembina Escarpment (North America) = 419 miles/675 km13-14. Sierra Escarpment (North America) = 400 miles/644 km Balcones Escarpment (North America) ~ 400 miles/644 km Balcones and Caprock Escarpments in Texas – Source: weather.gov 15. Book Cliffs Escarpment (North America) = 250 miles/402 km <a href="https://suwa.org/multimedia/map/book-cliffsdesolation-canyon-region/#:~:text=Winding%20for%20250%20miles%20across,continuous%20escarpment%20in%20the%20world." rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">*longest continuous escarpment in the world</a>16-17. Caprock Escarpment (North America) and Mogollon Rim (North America) = 200 miles/320 km Source: i0wp.com 18. Usas Escarpment (Antarctica) = 199 miles/320 km19. Roan Cliffs Escarpment (North America) = 190 miles/306 km – separate escarpment atop the Book Cliffs Escarpment20. Allegheny Front (North America) = 180 miles/290 km21. Western Andean Escarpment (South America) = 155 miles/250 km22. North Downs Chalk Escarpment = 153 miles/246 km23. Knobstone Escarpment (North America) = 150 miles/241 km24. Nullarbor Scarp (Oceania) = 130 miles/210 km25. Missouri Escarpment (North America) = 100 miles/161 km26-27. Bandiagara Escarpment (Africa) and Vermillion-Echo Cliffs Escarpment (North America) = 90 miles/160 km Clearly defined Vermillion Cliffs (left) and Echo Cliffs (right) – Source: maps.google.com 28. South Downs Chalk Escarpment (Europe) = 68 miles/110 km29. Onondaga Escarpment (North America) = 62 miles/100km30. Illawarra Escarpment (Oceania) = 57 miles/92 km31-32. Lincoln/Trent Cliff (Europe) and Mescalero Ridge (North America) = 50 miles/80 km33. Chiltern Escarpment (Europe) = 45 miles/72 km34. Côte d’Or (Europe) = 30 miles/48 km35. Catskills Escarpment (North America) = 24 miles/38 km36. Palisades Escarpment (North America) = 20 miles/34 km37. Wenlock Edge (Europe) = 19 miles/31 km38. Chinese Wall Escarpment (North America) = 12 miles/19 km Chinese Wall Escarpment in Montana – Source: pinterest.com 39-40. Duluth Escarpment (North America) and Black Mountain Escarpment (Europe) = 11 miles/18 km Portions of the Niagara and Onondaga Escarpments in New York – Source: falzguy.com Other Escarpments – More Information Needed<ul><li>Cody Scarp (North America)</li><li>Elgeyo Escarpement (Africa)</li><li>Eardley Escarpment (North America) = 40+ km</li><li>Kaimai Escarpment (Oceania)</li><li>Muldraugh Hill Escarpment (North America)</li><li>Pottsville/Cumberland Escarpment (North America)</li><li>Sharon Escarpment (Asia)</li><li>Gotland–Saaremaa Klint (Europe) = 180+ km</li><li>Wulian Feng (Asia)</li></ul>SOURCES:<ul><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Escarpment" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Escarpment</a></li><li><a href="https://www.britannica.com/place/Niagara-Escarpment" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.britannica.com/place/Niagara-Escarpment</a></li><li><a href="https://www.britannica.com/place/Serra-do-Mar" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.britannica.com/place/Serra-do-Mar</a></li><li><a href="https://www.dmr.nd.gov/ndgs/ndnotes/pembina/Pembina.htm" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.dmr.nd.gov/ndgs/ndnotes/pembina/Pembina.htm</a></li><li>personal knowledge</li><li><a href="https://www.manitoba.ca/iem/geo/mgstracker/images/region6/2010_fieldtrip.pdf" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.manitoba.ca/iem/geo/mgstracker/images/region6/2010_fieldtrip.pdf</a></li><li><a href="https://www.greatnortherncatskills.com/how-thru-hike-escarpment-trail" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.greatnortherncatskills.com/how-thru-hike-escarpment-trail</a></li><li><a href="https://en-academic.com/dic.nsf/enwiki/4787527" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://en-academic.com/dic.nsf/enwiki/4787527</a></li><li><a href="https://falzguy.com/escarp-niag-onon.html#:~:text=The%20Onondaga%20Escarpment%20begins%20at,600%20feet%20above%20sea%20level." rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://falzguy.com/escarp-niag-onon.html#:~:text=The%20Onondaga%20Escarpment%20begins%20at,600%20feet%20above%20sea%20level.</a></li><li><a href="https://www.geneseo.edu/sites/default/files/2023-08/Brett%20and%20Brett%20SDS%202023%20Part%201%20-%20Niagara%20Frontier.pdf" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.geneseo.edu/sites/default/files/2023-08/Brett%20and%20Brett%20SDS%202023%20Part%201%20-%20Niagara%20Frontier.pdf</a></li><li><a href="https://oldleacounty.com/2021/07/13/mescalero-ridge/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://oldleacounty.com/2021/07/13/mescalero-ridge/</a></li><li><a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0040195101002128" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0040195101002128</a></li><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuwaiq" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuwaiq</a></li><li><a href="https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Nigel-Barker-2/publication/234834352_The_Great_Escarpment_of_Southern_Africa_A_New_Frontier_for_Biodiversity_Exploration/links/0fcfd510128f337795000000/The-Great-Escarpment-of-Southern-Africa-A-New-Frontier-for-Biodiversity-Exploration.pdf" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Nigel-Barker-2/publication/234834352_The_Great_Escarpment_of_Southern_Africa_A_New_Frontier_for_Biodiversity_Exploration/links/0fcfd510128f337795000000/The-Great-Escarpment-of-Southern-Africa-A-New-Frontier-for-Biodiversity-Exploration.pdf</a></li><li><a href="https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1029/2022JF007001#:~:text=Eastern%20Madagascar%20is%20characterized%20by,et%20al.%2C%202021)." rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1029/2022JF007001#:~:text=Eastern%20Madagascar%20is%20characterized%20by,et%20al.%2C%202021).</a></li><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bunda_Cliffs" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bunda_Cliffs</a></li><li><a href="https://kentdowns.org.uk/north-downs-way/#:~:text=Passing%20through%20153%20miles%20of,life%2Dchanging%20long%20distance%20walk." rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://kentdowns.org.uk/north-downs-way/#:~:text=Passing%20through%20153%20miles%20of,life%2Dchanging%20long%20distance%20walk.</a></li><li><a href="https://www.blackmountainswalking.co.uk/the-black-mountains-magic" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.blackmountainswalking.co.uk/the-black-mountains-magic</a></li><li><a href="https://thevinofiles.typepad.com/the_vino_files/2008/09/burgundy-2.html#:~:text=For%20all%20its%20notoriety%2C%20the,past%20Santenay%20in%20the%20south." rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://thevinofiles.typepad.com/the_vino_files/2008/09/burgundy-2.html#:~:text=For%20all%20its%20notoriety%2C%20the,past%20Santenay%20in%20the%20south.</a></li><li><a href="https://www.looduskalender.ee/klint/eng/5.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.looduskalender.ee/klint/eng/5.html</a></li><li><a href="https://www.neilyworld.com/neilyworld/eegpnw.htm" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.neilyworld.com/neilyworld/eegpnw.htm</a></li><li><a href="https://www.swimdrinkfish.ca/lake-ontario-waterkeeper/blog/19870" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.swimdrinkfish.ca/lake-ontario-waterkeeper/blog/19870</a></li><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Palisades_(Hudson_River)" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Palisades_(Hudson_River)</a></li><li><a href="https://suwa.org/multimedia/map/book-cliffsdesolation-canyon-region/#:~:text=Winding%20for%20250%20miles%20across,continuous%20escarpment%20in%20the%20world." rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://suwa.org/multimedia/map/book-cliffsdesolation-canyon-region/#:~:text=Winding%20for%20250%20miles%20across,continuous%20escarpment%20in%20the%20world.</a></li><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roan_Cliffs#:~:text=Stretching%20nearly%20190%20miles%20(310,the%20Carbon%E2%80%91Duchesne%20county%20line." rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" 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