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- noun Plural form of
mesa .
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Examples
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The geography of this land ranges from tropical seacoasts to grand mountains, huge deserts and mountain mesas.
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The geography of this land ranges from tropical seacoasts to grand mountains, huge deserts and mountain mesas.
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But, besides digging out these canyons, the entire surface of the country has in places been removed to the depth of several hundred feet, leaving large extent of table-lands, called mesas, with generally steep, or even precipitous, sides, standing isolated here and there.
The Prehistoric World; or, Vanished races Emory Adams Allen
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On the removal of the rock layers in which these fragments were imbedded they are left to strew the surface in the same way as are the residual flints of southern Missouri. flat-topped, because of the protection of a resistant horizontal capping layer, they are termed mesas, -- a term applied also to the flat-topped portions of dissected plateaus (Fig. 129).
The Elements of Geology William Harmon Norton 1900
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It was, in fact, one of those hills which in the language of Spanish America, are termed "mesas," or tables -- so called on account of their flat, table-like tops.
The Boy Hunters Mayne Reid 1850
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To the eye of one accustomed to looking only upon rounded hills, or mountains with sharp peaks, these elevated "mesas" appear very singular, and form an interesting study for the geologist.
The Boy Hunters Mayne Reid 1850
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Huber and Alarcón divide the Venezuelan llanos into seven areas, that listed from southwest to northeast are; a) the occidental llanos, b) the Apure llanos, c) the low Central llanos, d) the high Central llanos, e) the Unare depression, f) the oriental "mesas" and g) the oriental llanos of Monagas.
Llanos 2007
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People come here surrounded by mesas in Grand Mesa for the snow, the skiing, the snowboarding, and the vibe of a gentle group of people who keep it real on a quiet mountain.
Michael Conniff: Con Games: Return to Powderhorn Michael Conniff 2011
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People come here surrounded by mesas in Grand Mesa for the snow, the skiing, the snowboarding, and the vibe of a gentle group of people who keep it real on a quiet mountain.
Michael Conniff: Con Games: Return to Powderhorn Michael Conniff 2011
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The cliffs, with their buttes and mesas and steeple-like ridges, were a study in complexity.
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