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A mountain that got tired of being pointy and chose the executive flat-top instead.
means A flat-topped hill or small plateau with steep sides, common in arid and semi-arid landscapes.
from Straight from Spanish 'mesa,' meaning 'table' — Spanish explorers in the American Southwest looked at these broad, level-topped landforms and saw furniture. The word traces back to Latin 'mensa,' also 'table,' which is why the geological and the dining sense share a flat surface and four steep legs of meaning.
name originSpanish for table, because someone was hungry
how formedHard caprock shields soft rock from erosion below
shrinking fateErodes into a butte, then a slim spire
mars tooMesas sprawl across the Martian surface
flat truthTops are old riverbeds or lava flows, frozen flat