Raised landforms that have a flat top
"Table hill" redirects here. For the Marilyn of England, see Table Hill.
"Table mountain" redirects here. For other uses, see Table Mountain (disambiguation).
"Tableland" redirects here. It is not to be confused with Tablelands (disambiguation).
A mesa in Monument Valley in Navajo Nation.
Har Qatum, a Mesa located on the southern edge of Makhtesh Ramon, Israel.
A table or tableland is a butte, flank of a mountain, or mountain, that has a flat top.
This kind of landform has numerous names, including:
- Tuya
- Tepui
- Mesa
- Potrero
- Butte
- Plateau
- Terrace
- Table
- Table hill
- Table-topped hill
- Table mountain
- Tableland
Description
The term "flat" is relative when speaking of tables, and often the naming or identification of a table (or table hill or mountain) is based on the appearance of the terrain feature from a distance or from below it. An example is Mesa Verde, Colorado, where the "flat top" of the mountain is both rolling terrain and cut by numerous deep canyons and arroyos, but whose rims appear quite flat from almost all directions, terminating in cliffs.
See also
Geography portal
Plateau – An area of a highland, usually of relatively flat terrain
External links
Media related to Tables (landform) at Wikimedia Commons
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Table
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- Hill
- Mountain
- Mountain range
- Plateau
- Ridge
- Valley
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Continental plain |
- Ice sheet
- Plain
- Steppe
- Tundra
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Fluvial |
- Alluvial fan
- Beach
- Canyon
- Cave
- Channel
- Cliff
- Floodplain
- Lake
- Levee
- Meander
- Oasis
- Pond
- Rapids
- River
- River delta
- River mouth
- River valley
- Strait
- Swamp
- Waterfall
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Glacial |
- Arête
- Cirque
- Esker
- Fjord
- Glacier
- Tunnel valley
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- Atoll
- Bay
- Cape
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- Coast
- Continental shelf
- Coral reef
- Estuary
- High island
- Island
- Isthmus
- Lagoon
- Mid-ocean ridge
- Oceanic trench
- Peninsula
- Seamount
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Volcanic |
- Caldera
- Crater lake
- Geyser
- High island
- Mid-ocean ridge
- Lava dome
- Lava field
- Lava plateau
Submarine volcano
- Volcanic crater
- Volcanic plug
- Volcano
- Wall rock
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Aeolian |
- Desert
- Dry lake
- Dune
- Sandhill
- Tundra
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- Artificial island
- Artificial reef
- Bridge
- Building
- Canal
- Dam
- Ditch
- Land reclamation
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- Polder
- Quarry
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- Tunnel
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