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Definition of mesa in English: mesanoun ˈmeɪsə An isolated flat-topped hill with steep sides, found in landscapes with horizontal strata. 桌子山，平顶山（顶部平坦，侧面陡峭，见于水平地层地貌） Example sentencesExamples - At its southern end, the terrain drops down to the Santa Rosa Plateau, a 2,000-foot-high tableland with canyons, mesas, and low hills.
- Huge red mesas towered on the horizon and a flat unforgiving landscape rolled out before them.
- Just 2 1/2 hours north of Los Angeles, serene rolling hills and vast vine-covered mesas compose the Santa Maria and Santa Ynez Valleys.
- Straddled between Utah and Arizona in the Navaho Indian Reservation are the sandstone buttes, mesas and cliffs of Monument Valley, the setting for countless westerns.
- After a mile's drive north of the petroglyphs, a short hike pays off - with a vast, spectacular view into the heart of the Swell: Buttes, mesas, and canyons fill the landscape far below me.
- Our Southwest Grand Tour leads from Las Vegas into the canyons and mesas that form the heart of the Colorado Plateau.
- The Virgin and Santa Clara rivers snake easily between flat-topped mesas, following paths of least resistance.
- From Moab, they will drive to Monument Valley, famous for the towering red buttes and mesas, which have formed the background for countless westerns.
- The trail sliced up through an erosional landscape of mesas and deep gorges where the bird life was stunning.
- The sagebrush and imposing mesas and buttes of the Great Basin and the giant saguaro cacti of the Sonoran Desert define the West of countless Hollywood films and the novels of Zane Grey, Louis L' Amour, and others.
- Today the local economy depends mostly on tourists who come to admire and frolic in the park's mesas, canyons, rivers, and waterfalls.
- The park shows off some of the most striking landscapes of sandstone buttes, mesas, and spires in the entire Southwest.
- Red sandstone mesas stretched on either side of Interstate 15, reaching upwards of a couple hundred feet.
- Broad mesas and steep canyons stand out clearly.
- We had an exciting drive down to the Rio Grande, then a steep climb up to the mesa on the west side of Taos.
- We'll benefit from vehicle-supported camping with side hikes to canyons and mesas.
- Climbing Mount Dundas, a flat-topped mesa that juts out into the bay, is a frequent summer ritual.
- In kanyu, these energy outbursts are called regulators, and the most powerful of them take the form of mesas, buttes, and large rock pillars.
- It is characterized by large sand seas, eroded mountain ranges, and upland mesas.
- He explained the difference between the mesas and buttes in the distance and challenged us to find images of birds, couples dancing joyfully, and snakes in the sticklike forms of petroglyphs.
Synonyms high ground, rising ground, prominence, eminence, elevation, rise, hillock, mound, mount, knoll, hummock, tor, tump, fell, pike
OriginMid 18th century: Spanish, literally 'table', from Latin mensa. Rhymesacer, bracer, chaser, debaser, embracer, facer, macer, pacer, placer, racer, spacer, tracer nounˈmeɪsəˈmāsə An isolated flat-topped hill with steep sides, found in landscapes with horizontal strata. 桌子山，平顶山（顶部平坦，侧面陡峭，见于水平地层地貌） Example sentencesExamples - In kanyu, these energy outbursts are called regulators, and the most powerful of them take the form of mesas, buttes, and large rock pillars.
- Huge red mesas towered on the horizon and a flat unforgiving landscape rolled out before them.
- We had an exciting drive down to the Rio Grande, then a steep climb up to the mesa on the west side of Taos.
- Red sandstone mesas stretched on either side of Interstate 15, reaching upwards of a couple hundred feet.
- Broad mesas and steep canyons stand out clearly.
- From Moab, they will drive to Monument Valley, famous for the towering red buttes and mesas, which have formed the background for countless westerns.
- He explained the difference between the mesas and buttes in the distance and challenged us to find images of birds, couples dancing joyfully, and snakes in the sticklike forms of petroglyphs.
- Climbing Mount Dundas, a flat-topped mesa that juts out into the bay, is a frequent summer ritual.
- At its southern end, the terrain drops down to the Santa Rosa Plateau, a 2,000-foot-high tableland with canyons, mesas, and low hills.
- The sagebrush and imposing mesas and buttes of the Great Basin and the giant saguaro cacti of the Sonoran Desert define the West of countless Hollywood films and the novels of Zane Grey, Louis L' Amour, and others.
- Today the local economy depends mostly on tourists who come to admire and frolic in the park's mesas, canyons, rivers, and waterfalls.
- The trail sliced up through an erosional landscape of mesas and deep gorges where the bird life was stunning.
- After a mile's drive north of the petroglyphs, a short hike pays off - with a vast, spectacular view into the heart of the Swell: Buttes, mesas, and canyons fill the landscape far below me.
- Our Southwest Grand Tour leads from Las Vegas into the canyons and mesas that form the heart of the Colorado Plateau.
- We'll benefit from vehicle-supported camping with side hikes to canyons and mesas.
- Straddled between Utah and Arizona in the Navaho Indian Reservation are the sandstone buttes, mesas and cliffs of Monument Valley, the setting for countless westerns.
- Just 2 1/2 hours north of Los Angeles, serene rolling hills and vast vine-covered mesas compose the Santa Maria and Santa Ynez Valleys.
- The park shows off some of the most striking landscapes of sandstone buttes, mesas, and spires in the entire Southwest.
- The Virgin and Santa Clara rivers snake easily between flat-topped mesas, following paths of least resistance.
- It is characterized by large sand seas, eroded mountain ranges, and upland mesas.
Synonyms high ground, rising ground, prominence, eminence, elevation, rise, hillock, mound, mount, knoll, hummock, tor, tump, fell, pike
OriginMid 18th century: Spanish, literally ‘table’, from Latin mensa. proper nounˈmeɪsəˈmāsə A city in south central Arizona, east of Phoenix; population 463,552 (est. 2008).
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