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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun In physical geography, the brow or cliffed margin of a mesa or upland.

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Examples

  • From this point, at 12,000ft, down to 6,000ft is the biozone known as the ceja de selva, the eyebrow of the jungle.

    Telegraph.co.uk: news business sport the Daily Telegraph newspaper Sunday Telegraph 2009

  • With a knowledge of these facts, Carlos the cibolero had determined to risk an expedition to the Red River, whose head-waters have their source in the eastern "ceja" of the Llano Estacado, and _not_ in the Rocky

    The White Chief A Legend of Northern Mexico Mayne Reid 1850

  • These rivers, and their numerous tributaries, all head in the eastern "ceja" (brow) of the Staked Plain, which is cut and channelled by their streams into tracts of the most rugged and fantastic forms.

    The White Chief A Legend of Northern Mexico Mayne Reid 1850

  • "ceja" of the Llano Estacado, that was not far distant from the crossing of Bosque Redondo.

    The White Chief A Legend of Northern Mexico Mayne Reid 1850

  • Estaba en la ceja de la ciudad de El Alto esperando a unos amigos para ir a pasear por alguna extraña razón llegue temprano, y como era domingo no había mucha gente.

    Global Voices in English » Bolivia: Warnings of Scams in El Alto 2009

  • Various types of cloud forests extend from 800 to 3,500 meters, including the montane cloud forests (yungas, ceja de selva, or ceja de la montaña) that cover more than 500,000 km2 in Peru and Bolivia and are among the richest and most diverse forests on Earth.

    Biological diversity in the Tropical Andes 2009

  • The lower elevational areas, known locally as ceja de montaña, consists of closed, luxuriant forests.

    Eastern Cordillera real montane forests 2008

  • Estaba fluyendo en sus pensamientos la ceja de la montaña.

    One River Wade Davis 1996

  • Estaba fluyendo en sus pensamientos la ceja de la montaña.

    One River Wade Davis 1996

  • As they say, with a strong effort [entre ceja y ceja] they have every intention of producing 300,000 tons of product; this is in the future and depending on the availability of sugarcane to [8-second break in transmission].

    CASTRO DELIVERS SPEECH 1989

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