mesa

Now she breeds her own yaks on 120 acres of pasture, foothills and mesa tops high in bucolic Ridgway, about 290 miles west of Denver.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 8, 2026

Under the veil of the Manhattan Project, this remote mesa became the site of a profound scientific pivot that ended a world war and ushered in the nuclear age.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026

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

He left the road and took a trail that cut directly to the cliffs, winding up the chalky gray hill where the mesa plateau ended in crumbling shale above the red clay flats.

From "Ceremony:" by Leslie Marmon Silko

Washington, Utah, located just southwest of Zion National Park, is surrounded by cinematic mesas and has long been a hub for exploring the natural wonders of the American west.

From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2025

My roughly 60-mile section was marked by sienna-hued mesas and buttes, and cornflower-blue skies.

From New York Times ● May 1, 2024

The central summit area is marked by several elevated mesas forming an arc, reaching a regional high and sloping downhill away from the summit area.

From Science Daily ● Mar. 13, 2024

An estimated 500 Catholic mission churches remain in northern New Mexico, where the Rocky Mountains taper off into desert mesas to the west and endless plains to the east.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 29, 2023

He tried to determine when it had been built, but except for the sagging screen all around the long porch, the house was like the mesas around it: years had little relation to it.

From "Ceremony:" by Leslie Marmon Silko