tableland
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of tableland
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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
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
Restless, he wanders to the edge of the tableland and has an experience no lizard has had before.
From Time Magazine Archive
In the distance rises 2,117-foot Sutter Buttes, which passes for a mountain range in this sunbaked, mosquito-plagued tableland some 40 miles north of Sacramento.
From Time Magazine Archive
From Marlborough, a small village on the outward stock route, the track led out west towards Peak Downs, a beautiful tableland discovered by Leichhardt.
From Early Days in North Queensland by Palmer, Edward
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