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Mountains, plateaus, mesas, canyons, cliffs, waterfalls, hills, etc.
the Zuni lived in Puebloans that were built on mesas or on steep canyons
A very long time before a mesa is formed, the ground was flat or with hills. since mesas are mostly where they don't get much water from the sky, they are mostly formed by rivers and runoff such as the rocky mountains which is much higher then mesas in Utah, NM, Colorado and Arizona. Mesas are known for their steep cliffs and flat tops. mesas have run off from wetter seasons. Mesas have a solid Layers of rock from when it use to be flat and pressed each season. The cliffs that people like to climb are from the run off on top of the mesa causing a somewhat of a water fall effect braking rock off into the flash flood caused valleys. That is the best way to describe that I have noticed from remnants I have hiked while living in Utah.
The Hopi villages were built on top of high mesas.
Anasazi
At first they lived in underground homes but as they developed they built their homes in the sides of canyons and mesas
Jack E. Smith has written: 'Mesas, cliffs, and canyons' -- subject(s): Antiquities, Archaeological surveying, Indians of North America, Pueblo Indians
There are many, including moutains, rivers, oceans, lakes, trenches, cliffs, canyons, mesas, platauos, hills, valleys, ravines, floodplains, deltas, and U-Shaped Valleys.
Mesas are a feature of southwestern landscapes and other arid regions. We do not have true mesas in the Massachusetts landscape. You can read more about mesas at the link below.
At first they lived in underground homes but as they developed they built their homes in the sides of canyons and mesas
The word mountains is a noun. Some synonyms for mountains are cliffs, volcanoes, crags, mesas, mounds, and ranges. Other words related to mountains are precipices, domes, sierras, and bluffs.
Well actually mesas is the plurl for mesa.