Definition of tablelandnext
as in plateau
a broad flat area of elevated land to the east of the valley lies a vast, fertile tableland

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Recent Examples of tableland Only a depression in the ground remains at the Ingalls Dugout Site, but eagle-eyed visitors can still spot the spring, tablelands, thickets of plum trees, and other landmarksr described in the book of the same name. Alicia Underlee Nelson, Midwest Living, 22 June 2026 Pedro Cervantes painted jewellike vistas of New Mexico’s tablelands. John P. Murphy, ARTnews.com, 5 Apr. 2026 The tableland was formed by volcanic eruptions about 700,000 years ago, according to the Bishop Chamber of Commerce and Information Center. Don Sweeney, Sacramento Bee, 11 Mar. 2025 It's located on the Cumberland Plateau — a 450-mile tableland that covers much of eastern Kentucky and Tennessee, with soaring sandstone walls, large boulders, and dramatic overhangs. Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 22 July 2023 Schuerman Mountain rises in west Sedona, a high tableland that offers commanding views of gaudier formations. Roger Naylor, The Arizona Republic, 5 Mar. 2021 Their concerns center on Black Mesa, a tableland that rises north of the Hopi villages and that lies partly in the Navajo Reservation and partly in the Hopi Reservation. Ian James, AZCentral.com, 7 Dec. 2020 Alexandra and Yongden decided to walk knee-deep into the tableland ahead of them. Ailsa Ross, Longreads, 9 Aug. 2019 Lubbock, with its elevation reaching to some 3,400 feet, sits high atop caprock tableland that tapers slowly to the southeast toward Fort Worth and Dallas. Mary Ann Anderson, Twin Cities, 20 July 2019
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Noun
  • Set high on a dramatic plateau overlooking rugged mountains and deep valleys, Hiddn is surrounded by spectacular scenery best explored on foot.
    Sarah Kingdom, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026
  • The main, and only inhabited, island of the chain is essentially a 40-square-mile volcano, and the few hundred residents live in its lone settlement, Edinburgh of the Seven Seas, which sits on a plateau covering about four square miles.
    Jessica Hopkins, New York Times, 17 July 2026
Noun
  • Smith Galer writes powerfully about the experiences of Kichwa speakers in the Ecuadorian highlands.
    Nikhil Krishnan, New Yorker, 20 July 2026
  • Over thousands of years, Martian winds have sculpted this volcanic sand into dunes that now ripple through the floor of Kaiser Crater, a 129-mile-wide (207-kilometer-wide) impact basin in the planet's southern highlands.
    Sharmila Kuthunur, Space.com, 17 July 2026
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  • Beginning in the late 1960s, artists abandoned galleries in favour of deserts, salt flats, mesas, and remote terrain, using these surroundings as both setting and material.
    Lara Johnson-Wheeler, Vogue, 3 July 2026
  • Together, Groves and Oppenheimer chose an isolated mesa near Los Alamos, New Mexico, where a secret laboratory—and eventually a secret city—would be built to design the world's first atomic bomb.
    Rebecca Coffey, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026

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“Tableland.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tableland. Accessed 24 Jul. 2026.

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