mesas

plural of mesa
as in plateaus
a broad flat area of elevated land a mesa in the Arizona desert

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Recent Examples of mesas Within minutes, guests can be standing beneath the stone arches of Arches National Park, 4 miles away, or surveying mesas and buttes in Canyonlands National Park, 30 miles southwest, where the Colorado and Green rivers have carved the landscape for centuries. Cari Shane, USA Today, 15 Oct. 2025 Instead, tribal members have relied on a single power line that runs roughly 30 miles east and west across high desert punctuated by three distinctive mesas, home to 12 distinct villages, including some of the oldest inhabited communities in the United States. Nate Perez, NPR, 7 Oct. 2025 Some via ferratas cling to red rock mesas in the middle of the desert; others hug ledges overlooking alpine forests. AFAR Media, 30 Sep. 2025
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highlands
Noun
  • Lake Nyos, an extremely deep lake in the volcanic highlands of northwest Cameroon, was in the second category.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 22 Oct. 2025
  • With establishing shots of the majestic Armenian highlands, the documentary makes a concerted effort to trace the deep-rooted mythos of this ancestral land before delving into its subjects.
    Natalie Oganesyan, Deadline, 20 Oct. 2025

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“Mesas.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mesas. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.

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