tableland

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In every direction, reddish-brown tableland sprawled to the horizon, broken here and there by pinyon-juniper forest.

From New York Times • Jun. 5, 2015

In the distance rises 2,117-foot Sutter Buttes, which passes for a mountain range in this sunbaked, mosquito-plagued tableland some 40 miles north of Sacramento.

From Time Magazine Archive

Their road led across the highest tableland in the world, the Karakoram plateau of northern Tibet.

From Time Magazine Archive

But Spain has also many natural airfields, such as "La Mancha" plateau, legendary home of Don Quixote, a barren tableland south of Madrid, 120 miles long and 60 miles wide.

From Time Magazine Archive

Sloping heights rise from the main tableland in all directions, crested with broken masses of granite, locally named tors, and often singularly fantastic in outline.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 9 "Dagupan" to "David" by Various