mesa
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The cultural significance of this place isn’t evident to many, even though the mesa, which is about 12 acres, has long been mired in land-use battles.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 10, 2023
It also says the fire sparked by its power line spread quickly because it was on top of a flat mesa, allowing the fire to spread along the ground, and ignited nearby vegetation.
From Seattle Times • Jul. 11, 2023
Later, higher-resolution photographs with fewer shadows showed a pretty plain mesa.
From Scientific American • May 17, 2023
One orphan well scheduled to be plugged rests on an arid mesa in Glen Canyon National Recreational Area in Utah.
From New York Times • Feb. 22, 2023
We gathered them at low tide in baskets and carried them to the mesa where we cut the dark red flesh from the shell and placed it on flat rocks to dry in the sun.
From "Island of the Blue Dolphins" by Scott O'Dell
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