Mesas

thumb|Aerial view of mesas in Monument Valley, on the [[Colorado Plateau]] thumb|right|Har Qatum, a mesa located on the southern edge of Makhtesh Ramon, Israel thumb|Ingleborough in North Yorkshire, England thumb|Mount Garfield (Mesa County, Colorado)|Mount Garfield, a mesa in Colorado 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. Mesas consist of flat-lying soft sedimentary rocks, such as shales, capped by a resistant layer of harder rock, like sandstone or limestone, forming a capro

A tepui (), or tepuy (), is a member of a family of table-top mountains or mesas found in northern South America, especially in Venezuela, western Guyana, and northern Brazil. The word tepui means "house of the gods" in the native tongue of the Pemon, the indigenous people who inhabit the Gran Sabana.

Amedi or Amadiye (; ; ) is a town in the Duhok Governorate of Kurdistan Region of Iraq. It is built on a mesa in the broader Great Zab river valley.

mountain in France

mountain in Tunisia

mountain in Czech Republic

Billingen is the largest of the thirteen mesas in the Swedish county of Västra Götaland, with a maximum altitude of . The mesa extends in a north-southerly direct with a length of and a width of . Billingen is divided into two parts by an east–west valley between Skövde and Varnhem. The mesa plateau is covered with vast forests and moorlands, including the nature reserve Blängsmossen with its unique flora.

mountain in Australia

characteristic landform in Ethiopia, known for being steep-sided, flat-topped mountain, often the site of villages, wells and their surrounding farmland

Tepe-Kermen (; Ukrainian and Russian: ) is a butte and an early medieval settlement in the Bakhchysarai Raion of Crimea. It is located 7 km southeast of Bakhchysarai, and 2 km northeast of the settlement Kyz-Kermen. Its height is 544 meters. The easiest way to climb the mountain is from the northern slope. There are two paths leading to the top.

mountain in Italy

The Walpersberg is a sandstone mesa on the west bank of the Saale near Kahla in Thuringia, Germany, formed around 60 million years ago. It is notable for formerly housing the REIMAHG-A aircraft factory, an underground facility for the production and assembly of the Messerschmitt Me 262 fighter jet during World War II.

Mountain in Japan