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3 Examples and locations. Toggle Examples and locations subsection. 3.1 Australia. ... the term mesa applies exclusively to the landforms built of flat-lying strata.
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]
Greatheart Mesa is located 8.5 miles (13.7 km) north of Springdale, Utah, in Zion National Park. The mesa is composed of white Navajo Sandstone with a ponderosa pine forest covering the top. The landform's toponym was officially adopted in 1935 by the U.S. Board on Geographic Names . [ 3 ]
Two Top and Big Top Mesa are two adjacent mesas that are approximately one mile (1.6 km) apart in western North Dakota. They were declared National Natural Landmarks in 1965. [ 1 ] The tops of the mesas are rare examples of undisturbed grassland which have never been grazed or cultivated.
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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]
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.
Redonda Mesa is a mesa type formation located in the southern Santa Ana Mountains, near the Pacific Ocean in Southern California. It is located in an unincorporated area of southwestern Riverside County. The highest point of Redonda Mesa is 2,825 feet (861 m) in elevation.