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Describe Mesas and Buttes.

Describe Mesas and Buttes.

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Mesas - Extensive table like residual hills found in arid areas.
Buttes - Smaller blocks of table like residual hills found in arid areas.


o First there are sedimentary rocks occurring in layers with a resistant one on top and a less resistant below.
o Weathering breaks the hard cap.
o Then sheet floods break the surface and carries materials away.
o Large outstanding blocks are left which are called mesas.
o Mesas may be eroded farther to form smaller blocks called buttes.

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Kavungya answered the question on May 3, 2019 at 13:56

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