MESA

Mesa

A mesa is the American English term for tableland, an elevated area of land with a flat top and sides that are usually steep cliffs. It takes its name from its characteristic table-top shape.

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mesa

Noun

  1. Flat area of land or plateau higher than other land, with one or more clifflike edges
    " A few more miles of hot sand and gravel and red stone brought us around a low mesa to the Little Colorado."


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