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Definition of Tableland
1. Noun. A relatively flat highland.
Specialized synonyms: Canadian Shield, Laurentian Highlands, Laurentian Plateau, Ardennes, Najd, Nejd, Guiana Highlands, Cambrian Mountains, Colorado Plateau, Llano Estacado, Massif Central
Generic synonyms: Highland, Upland
Specialized synonyms: Mesa, Table, Bench, Terrace
Definition of Tableland
1. n. A broad, level, elevated area of land; a plateau.
Definition of Tableland
1. Noun. A relatively flat region of terrain, particularly in reference to surrounding terrain. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Tableland
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tableland
Literary usage of Tableland
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Beautiful Accommodation in Queensland, Australia by Simon St John (2004)
"Covered ii craters, the tableland was once ,inn activity. ... world (there are
13 endemic bird s on the tableland, more than anywhere else ¡n Australia). ..."
2. The Silurian Rocks of Britain by Benjamin Nieve Peach, John Horne, Jethro Justinian Harms Teall (1899)
"We have now to describe briefly the present tectonic arrangement of the Silurian
rocks as produced by the elevation of the tableland and modified by ..."
3. Australia in Its Physiographic and Economic Aspects by Thomas Griffith Taylor (1911)
"The Western tableland Region. an average width of about 400 miles. The towns in
this vast territory number about a dozen, being with very few exceptions ..."
4. The Encyclopedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"This done the traveller finds himself on another tableland—the Great ...
Northwards the Karroo (yr) is bounded by the ramparts of the great inner tableland, ..."
5. Political Science and Comparative Constitutional Law by John William Burgess (1890)
"Taking into account these climatic differences, we can enumerate six tolerably
well defined territorial unities. The first is the tableland ..."
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