tableland
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of tableland
Vocabulary lists containing tableland
East Asia - Middle School
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Example Sentences
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In every direction, reddish-brown tableland sprawled to the horizon, broken here and there by pinyon-juniper forest.
From New York Times • Jun. 5, 2015
In its place he substituted a picture of a fertile, high tableland of national income, its rare air oxygenated by Federally subsidized public works, after defense spending ends.
From Time Magazine Archive
The Maquis, about 600 strong, were entrenched on the Plateau des Gli�res, a tableland in southeastern France near the Swiss border.
From Time Magazine Archive
But Spain has also many natural airfields, such as "La Mancha" plateau, legendary home of Don Quixote, a barren tableland south of Madrid, 120 miles long and 60 miles wide.
From Time Magazine Archive
These three zones lend themselves, in turn, to a tripartite subdivision of littoral, tableland, and Western plain.
From Our First Half-Century: A Review of Queensland Progress Based Upon Official Information by Queensland
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