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A mesa is an isolated, flat-topped elevation, ridge or hill, which is bounded from all sides by steep escarpments and stands distinctly above a surrounding plain. Mesas characteristically consist of flat-lying soft sedimentary rocks capped by a more resistant layer or layers of harder rock , e.g. shales overlain by sandstones .
The nearest higher neighbor is Rain God Mesa, 0.8 miles (1.3 km) to the north. [3] The landform's toponym has been officially adopted by the U.S. Board on Geographic Names. [1] The name refers to an outline that is shaped like a thunderbird on the east side of the mesa. [4]
Mesa (/ ˈ m eɪ s ə / MAY-sə) is a city in Maricopa County, Arizona, United States.The population was 504,258 at the 2020 census. [4] It is the third-most populous city in Arizona, after Phoenix and Tucson, the 36th-most populous city in the U.S., and the most populous city that is not a county seat (except for independent cities Washington, D.C. and Baltimore which are not part of any county).
Spearhead Mesa is situated four miles (6.4 km) southeast of the Monument Valley visitor center on Navajo Nation land. The nearest higher neighbor is the iconic East Mitten Butte, 2.5 miles (4.0 km) to the north-northwest. [3] Precipitation runoff from this mesa's slopes drains into Gypsum Creek which is a tributary of the San Juan River.
Eagle Mesa is situated 4.5 miles (7.2 km) northeast of Oljato–Monument Valley, Utah, on Navajo Nation land. It is an iconic landform of Monument Valley and can be seen from Highway 163. [4] Precipitation runoff from this mesa's slopes drains to Mitchell Butte Wash and Train Rock Wash which are both part of the San Juan River drainage basin. [3]
The Grand Mesa is a large mesa in western Colorado in the United States. It is the largest flat-topped mountain in the world. [ 1 ] It has an area of about 500 square miles (1,300 km 2 ) and stretches for about 40 miles (60 km) east of Grand Junction between the Colorado River and the Gunnison River , its tributary to the south.
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Mitchell Mesa is situated 0.75 miles (1.21 km) south of the Monument Valley visitor center on Navajo Nation land and can be seen from Highway 163.The large, irregularly-shaped mesa is southwest of the iconic West and East Mitten Buttes.