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
Flying on surgical calls over Southern Rhodesia's 150.300 square miles of 4,000-ft.-high tableland, Sir Godfrey came to know more of his country than most Prime Ministers.
From Time Magazine Archive
Roraima they found themselves on a remarkably flat tableland, 12 miles square, something like the flat land of Arizona through which the Grand Canyon of the Colorado River cuts.
From Time Magazine Archive
He is to look down upon river, lake, jungle, snow-capped mountain, desert, steppe, tableland.
From Time Magazine Archive
Sloping heights rise from the main tableland in all directions, crested with broken masses of granite, locally named tors, and often singularly fantastic in outline.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 9 "Dagupan" to "David" by Various
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