a sheer/vertical cliff (=straight up and down rather than sloping)
Sheer cliffs defend the island.
a sea cliff
The birds breed mainly on sea cliffs and in sea caves.
a coastal cliff
Here the coastal cliffs are low, jutting out into the sea.
a rocky cliff
The forest stops where a rocky cliff falls to a saltwater lagoon.
a craggy/jagged cliff (=with a lot of sharp rocks)
This is an area of spectacular gorges and jagged cliffs.
a rugged cliff (=rough and uneven)
Huge Atlantic waves were breaking against the rugged cliffs.
a towering cliff (=very high)
the towering cliffs of Gibraltar
chalk/limestone/granite cliffs
White chalk cliffs rose up from the sea.
cliff + NOUN
a cliff face (=a steep surface or side of a cliff)
Some climbers were scrambling up the steep cliff face.
a cliff edge
Keep away from the cliff edge.
a cliff top
There was a lovely view from the cliff top.
a cliff ledge (=a flat narrow piece that sticks out from a cliff)
Some of the goats were even grazing on the cliff ledges.
a cliff path
I followed the cliff path down to the bay.
a cliff walk (=a walk along cliffs)
Shall we do the cliff walk this morning?
phrases
be perched (high) on a cliff (=be situated on a cliff)
An 11th century castle is perched high on the cliff.
Examples from the Corpus
cliff• It has bushycliffs on both sides that lean like hairyghosts over the unknown waters.• Just before he and the camera take a dig over like a thirty footcliff.• Maritimecliff Armeria maritima - Ligusticum scoticum maritime rock crevicecommunity.• He could see cliffs and a distantwash of white.• If her eyes had been open, she would have seen Zeno heading for the cliffpath.• We fell asleeplistening to the surfchisel away at the foot of the cliff below.• He ran off the cliff and leapt into the air.• So I went across and shot one of the guys and the other chopperlanded on the cliff.