Located near africa’s coasts and rifts, are steep slopes and cliffsides that are caused by erosion. a. basins b. aquifers c. steppes d. escarpments

The correct answer is - D. escarpments.

The escarpments are numerous on the African continent, and they are aligned in a linear manner, in close proximity to the coast, in the eastern part. They can be seen north from the Horn of Africa, and south to the Republic of South Africa.

The escarpments are very steep slopes and cliff-sides, created by the erosion, and in the case of Africa, located along the rifts, formed and enlarging by the moving away of the eastern part of Africa from the continental mainland.