Mesa


 

       Mesas are flat topped table shaped hills.  They are located in deserts, but some of them are located in Antartica. There isn't much rain in a desert but there is a lot of wind.  Mesas are formed by erosion.  The word mesa comes from the Spanish word for table.  Mesa are related to buttes,but they are much larger.  Buttes are like a small mesa.
 

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