as in plateau
a broad flat area of elevated land to the east of the valley lies a vast, fertile tableland

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Recent Examples of tableland It's located on the Cumberland Plateau — a 450-mile tableland that covers much of eastern Kentucky and Tennessee, with soaring sandstone walls, large boulders, and dramatic overhangs. Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 22 July 2023 Schuerman Mountain rises in west Sedona, a high tableland that offers commanding views of gaudier formations. Roger Naylor, The Arizona Republic, 5 Mar. 2021 Their concerns center on Black Mesa, a tableland that rises north of the Hopi villages and that lies partly in the Navajo Reservation and partly in the Hopi Reservation. Ian James, AZCentral.com, 7 Dec. 2020 Lubbock, with its elevation reaching to some 3,400 feet, sits high atop caprock tableland that tapers slowly to the southeast toward Fort Worth and Dallas. Mary Ann Anderson, Twin Cities, 20 July 2019 Alexandra and Yongden decided to walk knee-deep into the tableland ahead of them. Ailsa Ross, Longreads, 9 Aug. 2019
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Noun
  • But the development cycle for such innovations usually includes a lengthy period during which progress hits a plateau, and hopes for a quick transition from lab to commercial production are dashed.
    IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 27 Dec. 2024
  • The Future: Smarter, More Flexible Systems The HVAC industry is nearing a plateau in squeezing more efficiency from traditional chiller and heat pump equipment.
    Thomas Grizzetti, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
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  • Thailand’s northern mountainous region, known as the Thai highlands, often experiences cooler temperatures than the capital, dipping to an average low of 59 degrees Fahrenheit (15 degrees Celsius) near the city of Chiang Mai in January.
    Jay Ganglani, CNN, 14 Jan. 2025
  • That gave rise to the idea that the outer area may have been seasonal quarters for nomads, who took shelter behind the walls with their herds during the twice-yearly trek from lowland to highlands back again.
    Ars Technica, Ars Technica, 9 Jan. 2025
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  • Jeremiah Hight, 23, was arrested on the afternoon of Dec. 24 atop a mesa west of Oljato, Utah, by the Navajo Police Department’s K-9 Unit and the Bureau of Indian Affairs drug enforcement division, according to a statement from the Navajo Police Department.
    Nicole Acosta, People.com, 27 Dec. 2024
  • The town hovers high above the Española valley, on a handsome mesa called the Pajarito Plateau.
    Abe Streep, The New Yorker, 27 Dec. 2024

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“Tableland.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tableland. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.

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