Found on the elevated plains of Paraguay and Brazil, the cariama is about thirty inches long and feeds on lizards, insects, and molluscous animals.

Cariama

Found on the elevated plains of Paraguay and Brazil, the cariama is about thirty inches long and feeds…

A cliff is a slope perpendicular to a raised section of land.

Cliff

A cliff is a slope perpendicular to a raised section of land.

Hog-backs (RR) changing into cuestas (CC) and these into steps (HH) by progressive flattening of strata; UU, oldland; TT, inner lowland; SS, second lowland; P, plateau between steps; V, nose; Z, outlier.

Hog-back Diagram

Hog-backs (RR) changing into cuestas (CC) and these into steps (HH) by progressive flattening of strata;…

An illustration of a man standing on a ledge of Lookout Mountain looking over a valley. Lookout Mountain, actually a plateau at the northwest corner of Georgia, the northeast corner of Alabama, and along the southern border of Tennessee near Chattanooga. It is one of the southernmost ridge mountains of the Appalachians.

Landscape

An illustration of a man standing on a ledge of Lookout Mountain looking over a valley. Lookout Mountain,…

A raised area of land, flat like a table at the top. In America, they are called Mesas (Spanish for Table).

Mesa (Land Form)

A raised area of land, flat like a table at the top. In America, they are called Mesas (Spanish for…

Lookout Mountain, actually a plateau at the northwest corner of Georgia, the northeast corner of Alabama, and along the southern border of Tennessee near Chattanooga. It is one of the southernmost ridge mountains of the Appalachians.

Lookout Mountain

Lookout Mountain, actually a plateau at the northwest corner of Georgia, the northeast corner of Alabama,…

A table, in the sense of a landform, is a hill, flank of a mountain, or mountain that has a flat top. This landform has numerous names in addition to table which include, tuya, tepui, mesa, portrero, butte, and table mountain.

Table Mountain

A table, in the sense of a landform, is a hill, flank of a mountain, or mountain that has a flat top.…

A diagram of the relief features: mountain, plateau, plain, ocean basin, ocean deep, and volcano.

Relief Features

A diagram of the relief features: mountain, plateau, plain, ocean basin, ocean deep, and volcano.

Mission Ridge (or Missionary Ridge) was the site of the November 25, 1864 Civil War battle, the Battle of Missionary Ridge.

Mission Ridge

Mission Ridge (or Missionary Ridge) was the site of the November 25, 1864 Civil War battle, the Battle…

"Diagram showing the genetic relations of the different soil classes."—Finley, 1917

Classes of soil

"Diagram showing the genetic relations of the different soil classes."—Finley, 1917

An image of what a regular valley would look like if it were cut to make a plateau and lowlands.

Valley

An image of what a regular valley would look like if it were cut to make a plateau and lowlands.