He felt the pressures of self-limitations piling up against him like the long barachan dunes of the bled slowly building themselves a ramp against a desert cliff.

From the top of the hill, at the citadel, there are great views of the new town and the desert cliffs and dunes that surround it.

It typically slopes down from the base of a steeper retreating desert cliff, or escarpment, but may continue to exist after the mountain has eroded away.

Red Rock Canyon State Park features scenic desert cliffs, buttes and spectacular rock formations.

Nudge guessed it was kind of sad that, right now, this scraped-out shallow ledge in the middle of a desert cliff actually felt cozy and comfortable to her.

It is best known as the settlement nearest to the caves in which the Dead Sea Scrolls were hidden, caves in the sheer desert cliffs and beneath, in the marl terrace.

I discovered in the Altai a diverse amalgam of environments; I walked below massive glaciers, through rolling, grassy highlands, and between parched desert cliffs.

The tent went up on the street opposite Mr. Zarqawi's family home, beneath barren desert cliffs at the edge of Zarqa, a city of about three-quarters of a million people.

Sitting on the edge of a small palm-shrouded oasis, surrounded by rolling dunes and towering desert cliffs, this still has to be one of the most beautiful dipping-spots in the oases.

What compelled them to carve their cities out of towering desert cliffs?