tablelands

plural of tableland
as in plateaus
a broad flat area of elevated land to the east of the valley lies a vast, fertile tableland

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Noun
  • 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
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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“Tablelands.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tablelands. Accessed 28 Oct. 2025.

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