The hamlet is situated on the steep scarp slope of the Greensand Ridge, a prominent escarpment principally formed of Lower Greensand sandstone.
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Tanganasoga formed near the top of the El Golfo landslide headwall, on the upper part of the north-facing scarp slope.
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Human settlements within the downs have generally formed in sheltered valleys and at the foot of scarp slope ( known as spring line settlements ).
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It was formed at the bottom of a 45 meters high and 500 meters long scarp slope of flat-lying limestones from the Coniacian.
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Chalk hills, known as chalk downland, usually form where bands of chalk reach the surface at an angle, so forming a scarp slope.
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Behind the steep north-facing scarp slope, the gently inclined dip slope of undulating chalk downland extends for a distance of up to southwards.
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The east side of Mount Knauff and a spur which extends northward to Robertson Bay are marked by abrupt scarp slopes that are typical of this coast.
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Much of the historic Pilgrims'Way still survives at the foot of the scarp slope and this has been joined much more recently by the M20 motorway.
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The banks, a sandstone escarpment with the scarp slope facing south and the gentler dip to the north, are about one and a half miles long.
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In Roman times the settlement at scarp slope of the Marlborough Downs, Durocornovium was a site where horses were watered before the steep climb off the Oxfordshire plain.
