"Table (landform) A table or tableland is a butte, flank of a mountain, or mountain, that has a flat top. This landform has numerous names in addition to ""table"", including: The term ""flat"" is relative when speaking of tables, and often the naming or identification of a table (or table hill or mountain) is based on the appearance of the terrain feature from a distance or from below it. An example is Mesa Verde, Colorado, where the ""flat top"" of the mountain is both rolling terrain and cut by numerous deep canyons and arroyos, but whose rims appear quite flat"
"Llano Estacado Llano Estacado (), often translated as Staked Plains, is a region in the Southwestern United States that encompasses parts of eastern New Mexico and northwestern Texas. One of the largest mesas or tablelands on the North American continent, the elevation rises from in the southeast to over in the northwest, sloping almost uniformly at about . The Llano Estacado lies at the southern end of the Western High Plains ecoregion of the Great Plains of North America; it is part of what was once called the Great American Desert. The Canadian River forms the Llano's northern boundary, separating"
"Table Mountain (Butte County, California) North Table Mountain and South Table Mountain are two prominent basaltic plateaus overlooking the city of Oroville, California. They are named for their flat surface, like a table top; because of this it is often mistakenly called Table Top Mountain. Both of the Table Mountains are the remainder of an ancient volcano flow, and ancient lava fields can still be found all over the mountain. Part of the Lovejoy Formation, the mountains are believed by some to date back to 14 million and 39 million years ago. South Table Mountain, at , is mostly privately"
"(Mesa de Maya, Raton Mesa) stand several thousand feet above the general plain level, and thus testify to the widespread erosion of this region before it was aggraded. The southern section of the Great Plains, between latitudes 35.5° and 25.5° lies in western Texas and eastern New Mexico. Like the central section, it is for the most part a dissected fluviatile plain. However, the lower lands which surround it on all sides place it in so strong relief that it stands up as a table-land, known from the time of Mexican occupation as the Llano Estacado. It measures roughly east-west"
"La Mesa (mountain) Cerro La Mesa or La Mesa is a mountain in the Cordillera de la Ramada range of the Andes, in Argentina. It has a height of . La Mesa means table in Spanish. The name of the mountain comes its flat and long summit ridge (there are six summits, the 6200m being the highest). Despite the dry climate of the area, there are significant glaciers flowing down the southern and the eastean flank of the mountain. La Mesa was climbed the first time in 1934 by a Polish expedition consisting of J. Narkienwicz-Jodko, J. Dorawsky, S. Daszynski,"
"A. Karpinski, S. Osiecki and V. Ostrowski. It is unclear if they effectively reached the highest point of the mountain. La Mesa (mountain) Cerro La Mesa or La Mesa is a mountain in the Cordillera de la Ramada range of the Andes, in Argentina. It has a height of . La Mesa means table in Spanish. The name of the mountain comes its flat and long summit ridge (there are six summits, the 6200m being the highest). Despite the dry climate of the area, there are significant glaciers flowing down the southern and the eastean flank of the mountain. La"
"Jugurtha Tableland The Jugurtha Tableland is a large mesa near the town of Kalaat es Senam, Tunisia, which stands almost above the Ez-Zghalma plain. long and wide, it covers a total area of nearly 80 hectares. The Tableland is a geologic feature known as an inverted relief. Millions of years ago, the hard limestone top of the mesa was actually the bottom of a valley. Over the years, the softer surrounding hills were worn away by erosion, leaving the Tableland – and former low point – as the highest point on a plain. Local drinking water comes from the Ain"
"Tierra helada Tierra Helada (Spanish for ""frozen land""), also known as Tierra Nevada (Spanish for ""snowy land""), is a term used in Latin America to refer to the highest places found within the Andes mountains. The ""Tierra Helada"" comprises the montane grasslands and shrublands, sunis, punas and páramos between the tree line and the snow line. The term ""tierra helada"" is accurate from a climatological standpoint, as its land is indeed ""frozen"", situated above the snow line. In the northern Andes, the latter is located at an altitude of approximately 15,000 ft (or about 4,500 m). The Peruvian geographer Javier"
"Alta Mesa AVA The Alta Mesa AVA is an American Viticultural Area entirely located within the Lodi AVA in Sacramento County, California in the United States. The appellation's name is Spanish for ""high table"", a reference to the higher elevation of the land compared to the surrounding terrain. 90% of the soil in the Alta Mesa AVA is dense clay and heavy gravel. The appellation is known for warm summers, and low annual rainfall. Alta Mesa is considered one of the warmest subregions of the Lodi AVA. Federal recognition of the AVA occurred on July 17, 2006. of the appellation"
"Grand Mesa The Grand Mesa is a large mesa in western Colorado in the United States. It is the largest flat-topped mountain in the world. It has an area of about and stretches for about east of Grand Junction between the Colorado River and the Gunnison River, its tributary to the south. The north side of the mesa is drained largely by Plateau Creek, a smaller tributary of the Colorado. The west side is drained largely by Kannah Creek, which is received to the west by the lower Gunnison River. The mesa rises about above the surrounding river valleys, including"
"Potrero (landform) A potrero is a long mesa that at one end slopes upward to higher terrain. This landform commonly occurs on the flanks of a mountain, as part of a dissected plateau. A loan word from Spanish language, ""potrero"" is in current use in the southwestern United States, where it is sometimes translated as ""tongue of land"" and ""enclosed piece of pasture land"". In Spanish language, however, the ""tongue of land"" sense is archaic. Also archaic is the related sense of ""potrero"" referring to someone who wrangles young horses (""potros"" in Spanish) kept as breeding stock (not saddle or"
"Pulgar Vidal (Altitudinal zonation) used following altitudes: Tierra helada Tierra Helada (Spanish for ""frozen land""), also known as Tierra Nevada (Spanish for ""snowy land""), is a term used in Latin America to refer to the highest places found within the Andes mountains. The ""Tierra Helada"" comprises the montane grasslands and shrublands, sunis, punas and páramos between the tree line and the snow line. The term ""tierra helada"" is accurate from a climatological standpoint, as its land is indeed ""frozen"", situated above the snow line. In the northern Andes, the latter is located at an altitude of approximately 15,000 ft (or"
"Urraca Mesa Urraca Mesa is a large mesa located in Colfax County in northern New Mexico, U.S., on the property of Philmont Scout Ranch. It reaches an elevation of . The mesa has a long history of mythical and supernatural associations, dating to the local indigenous tribes. The name comes from the Spanish word for magpie from ancient Native American legends. The mesa is covered in Ponderosa pine. Black bears, wild turkeys, deer and mountain lions live here. Urraca Mesa is relatively flat with the exception of a protruding plateau, which contains a freshwater source. It is known for having"
"enclosures, with only one principal exit: the narrow connection to higher land. In Spain a ""potrero"" is common land in poor condition. Potrero (landform) A potrero is a long mesa that at one end slopes upward to higher terrain. This landform commonly occurs on the flanks of a mountain, as part of a dissected plateau. A loan word from Spanish language, ""potrero"" is in current use in the southwestern United States, where it is sometimes translated as ""tongue of land"" and ""enclosed piece of pasture land"". In Spanish language, however, the ""tongue of land"" sense is archaic. Also archaic is"
"and Phantom Falls. There are also several smaller waterfalls that are unnamed. Table Mountain (Butte County, California) North Table Mountain and South Table Mountain are two prominent basaltic plateaus overlooking the city of Oroville, California. They are named for their flat surface, like a table top; because of this it is often mistakenly called Table Top Mountain. Both of the Table Mountains are the remainder of an ancient volcano flow, and ancient lava fields can still be found all over the mountain. Part of the Lovejoy Formation, the mountains are believed by some to date back to 14 million and"
"Black Mesa (Apache-Navajo Counties, Arizona) Black Mesa (also called Big Mountain) is an upland mountainous mesa of Arizona, north-trending in Navajo County, west and southeast-trending in Apache County, in the south/southeast. In Navajo it is called ('Black Mountain') and during Mexican rule of Arizona it was called Mesa de las Vacas (Spanish 'mesa of the cows'). It derives its dark appearance from the numerous seams of coal that run through it. The mesa is located on the Colorado Plateau near Kayenta, Arizona, and rises to over 8168 feet. Its highest peak is located on Black Mesa's northern rim, a few"
"an area where the plains reach their highest altitude at the foot of the Rocky Mountains known as the High Plains; more specifically, it is located on the South Plains in a region known as the Llano Estacado. The area topology is gently rolling plains with a large number of playa lakes on top of a large plateau. Many of the playa lakes have dried out due to the water exploitation of the Ogallala Aquifer that helped supply water to the lakes during dry seasons. Soil types vary from dark brown playa-lake silt to iron-rich clay to sandy soil; topsoil"
"The Table The Table, sometimes called Table Mountain, is a high flow-dominated andesite tuya located south of Garibaldi Lake, northeast of Cheekye and north of Mount Garibaldi, British Columbia, Canada. It rises over above the surface of Garibaldi Lake, which lies less than to the north. The Table is almost impossible to climb because sections of the volcano have collapsed, creating steep and exceptionally rotten rock walls on all sides. The Table is part of the Garibaldi Lake volcanic field, a volcanic field that includes a group of nine small andesitic stratovolcanoes and basaltic andesite vents formed during the early"
"and proceeding counterclockwise: El Altar El Altar or Capac Urcu (possibly from Kichwa ""kapak"" principal, great, important / magnificence, ""urku"" mountain) is an extinct volcano on the western side of Sangay National Park in Ecuador, south of Quito, with a highest point of . Spaniards named it so because it resembled two nuns and four friars listening to a bishop around a church altar. In older English sources it is also called The Altar. The mountain consists of a large stratovolcano of Pliocene-Pleistocene age with a caldera breached to the west. Inca legends report that the top of Altar collapsed"
"Tierra templada Tierra templada (Spanish for ""temperate land"") is a pseudoclimatological term used in Latin America to refer to places which are either located in the tropics at a moderately high elevation or are marginally outside the astronomical tropics, producing a somewhat cooler overall climate than that found in the tropical lowlands, the zone of which is known as the tierra caliente. In countries situated close to the equator, the tierra templada typically commences at an altitude of approximately 750 meters (roughly 2,500 feet), and extends to about 1,850 meters (or 6,000 feet), where the still cooler tierra fría begins."
"Mesa de Maya The Mesa de Maya is a prominent volcanic tableland rising to above the Great Plains in southeastern Colorado. A narrow finger of the mesa extends eastward through the northeastern corner of New Mexico and a few miles into Oklahoma where it is known as Black Mesa. The elevation of the Mesa de Maya ranges from at its easternmost extension to in the west. The high mesas eastward from Raton, New Mexico and Trinidad, Colorado are sometimes collectively called the Mesa de Maya, Raton Mesas, or the Raton mesa region. All the mesas are volcanic in origin caused"
"Table Mountain (Tulare County, California) Table Mountain is located near the northern end of the Great Western Divide, a sub-range of the Sierra Nevada in California. The summit marks a point on the boundary between Sequoia and Kings Canyon national parks and is south of Thunder Mountain and northeast of Midway Mountain. Clarence King of the Whitney Survey mentioned in his notes that ""At one place the ridge [Great Western Divide] forms a level table."" The name Table appeared on Charles F. Hoffmann's map of 1873. In 1881 the mountain was named Mount Hazen in honor of General Hazen, the"
"El Altar El Altar or Capac Urcu (possibly from Kichwa ""kapak"" principal, great, important / magnificence, ""urku"" mountain) is an extinct volcano on the western side of Sangay National Park in Ecuador, south of Quito, with a highest point of . Spaniards named it so because it resembled two nuns and four friars listening to a bishop around a church altar. In older English sources it is also called The Altar. The mountain consists of a large stratovolcano of Pliocene-Pleistocene age with a caldera breached to the west. Inca legends report that the top of Altar collapsed after seven years"
"Table Bluff (California) Table Bluff (Wiyot: ""Giloulh"") is a semi-flat terrace in Humboldt County, California, that terminates above the ocean in a dramatic, high cliff with views of the Eel River delta, the South Spit of Humboldt Bay, and the Pacific Ocean. It separates Humboldt Bay to the north from the Eel River to the south. It overlooks approximately 9,000 acres (36 km²) of wildlands administered by various federal and county agencies. It is south of Eureka and west of US Highway 101. Table Bluff County Park provides access to the South Spit. The park is also used as a"
"Talaies d'Alcalà Talaies d'Alcalà (, ), also known as Serra de les Talaies or simply Les Talaies, is a 21.5 km long mountain range in the Baix Maestrat comarca, Valencian Community, Spain. Its highest point is Talaia Grossa (635 m). ""Talaies"", the name of the range, means ""watchtowers"" in Catalan, which is derived from Arabic, and refers to ancient battles fought in the area since Iberian times. Alcalà refers to the town of Alcalà de Xivert located in the plain below the mountains. The Talaies range stretches a few kilometres inland parallel to the Serra d'Irta and the Mediterranean coastline"
"Andén An andén (plural andenes), Spanish for ""platform"", is a stair-step like terrace dug into the slope of a hillside for agricultural purposes. The term is most often used to refer to the terraces built by pre-Columbian cultures in the Andes mountains of South America. Andenes had several functions, the most important of which was to increase the amount of cultivatable land available to farmers by leveling a planting area for crops. The best known examples of andenes are in Peru, especially in the Sacred Valley near the Inca capital of Cuzco and in the Colca Canyon. Many andenes have"
"Flat Bastion Road Flat Bastion Road is a road in Gibraltar, the British Overseas Territory at the southern end of the Iberian Peninsula. The road runs north-south, providing views of the city and Bay of Gibraltar. Previously known in Spanish as ""Senda del Moro"" (), the traditional Llanito name for the road is ""Cuesta de Mr. Bourne"". The road angles along the west side of the Rock of Gibraltar to the Flat Bastion, a fortification. Married quarters were built along the road. In the nineteenth century there were outbreaks of yellow fever in the 1820s and of diphtheria in the"
"a Spanish word that means ‘table’, which describes the appearance of the flat-topped iron-ore plateaus standing high above the surrounding ground, remnants of terrain carved by an ancient river system. The Robe Valley operation produces two pisolite (spheroidal crystalline) iron-ore products called Robe River Fines and Robe River Lump. The blasted high-grade ore is hauled directly to a train load-out. The sub-grade ore is washed and screened prior to loading onto trains that can stretch for three kilometres. Rio Tinto Iron Ore - Robe Valley transports about 32 million tonnes of iron ore per year via the company’s private 200-kilometre-long"
"as well. The name means ""High Place of the Vulture"" in Spanish. Alto del Buitre Alto del Buitre is a mountain of the Sierra Palomera range, Valencian Community, Spain. It reaches an elevation of above sea level. There is a triangulation station at the top marked ""5195"". It is located within the Ayora municipal term, rising 15 km SE of the town. The summit offers a good view of the surrounding landscape and is popular with hikers. There were fierce combats in the area of the Alto del Buitre in 1938 during the Levante Offensive of the Spanish Civil War."
"Table Cape Table Cape is a volcanic plug located near Wynyard on the North West of Tasmania, Australia, it is also the name of the locality which encompasses the geological feature. Table Cape is a more or less circular volcanic plug with a flat top, its northern and eastern faces rise steeply from Bass Strait to a height of approximately above sea level. It was named by British navigator, Matthew Flinders, as he and George Bass circumnavigated Van Diemen's Land (now Tasmania) in 1798 upon the ""Norfolk"". Flinders also progressively named the nearby Circular Head, Three Hummock and Hunter Islands."
"Eternal Spring"", most notably Cuernavaca, Mexico. In the tierra templada project pat, coffee is grown extensively as a cash crop, with grains such as wheat and corn being cultivated for subsistence purposes - in contrast to the warmer tierra caliente, where tropical fruits predominate. Tierra templada Tierra templada (Spanish for ""temperate land"") is a pseudoclimatological term used in Latin America to refer to places which are either located in the tropics at a moderately high elevation or are marginally outside the astronomical tropics, producing a somewhat cooler overall climate than that found in the tropical lowlands, the zone of which"
"Cerro Pedernal Cerro Pedernal, locally known as just ""Pedernal"", is a narrow mesa in northern New Mexico. The name is Spanish for ""flint hill"". The mesa lies on the north flank of the Jemez Mountains, south of Abiquiu Lake, in the Coyote Ranger District of the Santa Fe National Forest. Its caprock was produced in the Jemez Volcanic Field. Its highest point is 9,862 feet (3,006 meters). Pedernal is the source of a chert used by the prehistoric Gallina people. Its cliffs are popular with rock climbers. Georgia O'Keeffe made many paintings of it, and her ashes were scattered on"
"Llano Uplift The Llano uplift is a low geologic dome that is about in diameter. It consists of an island-like exposure of Precambrian igneous and metamorphic rocks surrounded by outcrops of Paleozoic and Cretaceous sedimentary strata. At their widest, the exposed Precambrian rocks extend about westward from the valley of the Colorado River and beneath a broad, gentle topographic basin drained by the Llano River. The subdued topographic basin is underlain by Precambrian rocks and bordered by a discontinuous rim of flat-topped hills. These hills are the dissected edge of the Edwards Plateau, which consist of overlying Cretaceous sedimentary strata."