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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 mesa is an isolated hill or ridge with a flat top and steep sides that rises distinctly above the surrounding landscape, typically formed when a hard rock layer caps softer sedimentary rocks underneath. Mesas are geographically significant features found around the world and are commonly studied in geology and geography as examples of how different rock layers resist erosion at different rates.
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Uma mesa (por vezes usado como sinónimo de meseta) é um acidente geográfico caracterizado por uma área elevada de solo com um topo plano, rodeada por todos os lados por escarpas inclinadas. É uma forma de relevo que se encontra praticamente reto, como o Planalto Central, localizado na Região Centro-Oeste do Brasil, na Chapada Diamantina, localizada na Região Nordeste do Brasil, e no Planalto das Guianas em Roraima, Região Norte do Brasil. E em outras Regiões onde esta forma de relevo é comum: Espanha, Guiana, Venezuela, Sardenha, Norte de África, África Austral, Península Arábica, Índia e Austrália.
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