Table (landform)

Raised landform with a flat top

"Table hill" redirects here. For the hill in England, see Table Hill.

"Table mountain" redirects here. For other uses, see Table Mountain (disambiguation).

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A mesa in Monument Valley in Navajo Nation Har Qatum, a mesa located on the southern edge of Makhtesh Ramon, Israel

A table or tableland is a butte, or a mountain or its flank that has a flat top.

This kind of landform has numerous names, including:

* Butte
* Mesa
* Plateau – highland area, usually of relatively flat terrain
* Potrero
* Tepui
* Terrace
* Tuya

A homologous landform under the sea is called a tablemount or guyot.

## Description[edit]

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 from almost all directions, terminating in cliffs.

## See also[edit]

* Tablelands (disambiguation)

## References[edit]

## External links[edit]

* Media related to Tables (landform) at Wikimedia Commons

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Mountainous|

* Butte
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* Flat
* Mountain
* Mountain range
* Plateau
* Ridge
* Table
* Valley

Continental plain|

* Ice sheet
* Plain
* Steppe
* Tundra

Fluvial|

* Alluvial fan
* Beach
* Canyon
* Cave
* Channel
* Cliff
* Lake
* Island
* Levee
* Floodplain
* Meander
* Oasis
* Pond
* Rapids
* River
* River delta
* River mouth
* Strait
* Swamp
* Valley
* Waterfall

Glacial|

* Arête
* Cirque
* Esker
* Glacier
* Ice field
* Fjord
* Tunnel valley

Oceanic and
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* Coral reef
* Estuary
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* Lagoon
* Mid-ocean ridge
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* Peninsula
* Seamount
* Volcanic island

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* Caldera
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* Desert
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* Dune
* Sandhill
* Tundra

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* Artificial island
* Artificial reef
* Bridge
* Building
* Canal
* Dam
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* Levee
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* Tunnel

* See also: Geographical feature

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