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It sounds like you're describing a plateau. From dictionary.com a plateau is "a land area having a relatively level surface considerably raised above adjoining land on at least one side, and often cut by deep canyons."
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What is the difference between mountains and plateaus?
A plateau is a flat topped mountain or elevated area with a flat top. A mountain is tall. elevated, pointed structure.While mountains and plateaus are both elevated, plateaus are flat, whereas mountains slope.
How are mountain and plateaus different?
Mountains are generally much higher. However, the real difference is that plateaus have a flat area on top. This flat area can be quite large, even mile across. A mountain has little or no flat space on its peak or summit.
How are mountains different from plateaus?
A plateau has a flat top, and a mountain has a peak.
What is a hill or a mountain with steep sides and a flat top?
applacation mountains
Is the small mountain with the wide flat top called?
A mesa is a small mountain with a wide, flat top.
What is a flat top mountain or a flat area at the top of a mountain?
The word you need may be 'Plateau'
What are flat areas with a flat top?
A flat area is called a plane. A flat area the is elevated higher than all the surrounding land is called a plateau.
What is Flat topped hill or mountains?
There are actually three different names that can be used to describe a high, flat topped mountain or hill. These names are plateau, mesa, and butte. These flat top mountains are also called Tepui (or tepuy) in the native language of the Pemon, the original inhabitants of the Gran Sabana area in Venezuela. It means "house of the gods".
What is A flat area at the top of an area of high elevation?
A plateau or mesa.
Where can you find a plateau?
Anywhere reasonably - hills or mountains, have flat, or reasonably flat, tops.
What are the difference among mountains and plateaus?
Mountains are natural elevations of the Earth's surface that are higher and steeper than hills, with peaks and valleys. Plateaus are flat elevated landforms that are higher than the surrounding area, with a relatively flat on top. Plateaus are generally larger in area than mountains and have more uniform surfaces compared to the rugged terrain of mountains.
An area of high land that is flat up top?
A plateau.
