Elevated landforms with a flat or gently tilted top bounded by steep edges, including mesas, cuestas, tablelands, witness hills and chink escarpments. A landform belongs here when its cited article describes a flat-topped elevation or a ridge with one gentle and one steep slope. It excludes ridges and gaps between valleys. These forms mark the retreat of a plateau or escarpment, with a harder cap rock protecting the soft rock below.
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Mesa (Wikipedia)
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A mesa is an isolated, flat-topped elevation, ridge, or hill, bounded from all sides by steep escarpments and standing distinctly above a surrounding plain.
Cuesta (Wikipedia)
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A cuesta (Spanish for 'slope') is a hill or ridge with a gentle slope on one side, and a steep slope on the other.
Tableland (Wikipedia)
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A tableland is an area containing elevated landforms characterized by a distinct, flat, nearly level, or gently undulating surface.
Witness hill (Wikipedia)
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A witness hill is a type of landform created from the erosion of the earth.
Chink (geology) (Wikipedia)
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Chink (Russian: Чинк) is a regional term in Central Asia for steep chalk and limestone escarpments and cliffs of heights up to 350 m, often around flat-top elevations.
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