buttes

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Scope note
Erosional landforms that are carved from flat-lying sediment or rocks having resistant top layers and characterized as conspicuous, isolated flat-topped hills with relatively steep sides; smaller in extent than mesas.
buttes
Accepted term: 05-Jan-2026