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See also:MESA (Span. mesa, from See also:Lat. See also:mensa, a table) , in See also:physical See also:geography, a high table-See also:land capped with hard See also:rock, being the remnant of a former See also:plateau . This type is See also:general where strata are See also:horizontal . In the See also:process of denudation the hard rock acts as a See also:flat protective cap preserving the regions between stream valleys or other places where denudation is especially active, in the See also:form of " table-mountains or " fortress-hills." Many examples are found in See also:Spain, See also:North and See also:South See also:Africa, the See also:Bad Lands and See also:Colorado regions of North See also:America, in See also:Arabia, See also:India and See also:Australia . |
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