Here are all the possible meanings and translations of the word buttes. Freebase(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition: Buttes. Buttes was a municipality in the district of Val-de-Travers in the canton of Neuchâtel in Switzerland. On 1 January 2009, the former municipalities of Boveresse, Buttes, Couvet, Fleurier, Les Bayards, Môtiers, Noiraigue, Saint-Sulpice and Travers merged to form Val-de-Travers.
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The word butte comes from a French word meaning small hill; its use is prevalent in the Western United States, including the southwest where mesa is also used for the larger landform. Because of their distinctive shapes, buttes are frequently landmarks in plains and mountainous areas.
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Freebase(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition: Buttes was a municipality in the district of Val-de-Travers in the canton of Neuchâtel in Switzerland. On 1 January 2009, the former municipalities of Boveresse, Buttes, Couvet, Fleurier, Les Bayards, Môtiers, Noiraigue, Saint-Sulpice and Travers merged to form Val-de-Travers.
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butte - a hill that rises abruptly from the surrounding region; has a flat top and sloping sides. 1  western United States, West - the region of the United States lying to the west of the Mississippi River. 2  hill - a local and well-defined elevation of the land; they loved to roam the hills of West Virginia.
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In many cases, buttes have been given other names that do not use the word butte, for example, Courthouse Rock, Nebraska. Also, some large hills that are technically not buttes have names using the word butte, examples of which are Kamiak Butte and Chelan Butte in Washington State.
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In the Antelope Valley, the proposed significant ecological area expansion covers scattered Joshua tree woodlands west of Lancaster, the lakes and hills along the San Andreas Fault from Quail Lake to Barrel Springs, and the Big Rock, Little Rock and Mescal creek washes and the rocky buttes around Lake Los Angeles.
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A butte has a top layer of hard rock and softer rock below that is eroded more easily. Erosion forms the butte in the shape of the rock layer on top. Generally, a butte is more than 100 feet high and should be taller than it is wide. A butte can stand more than 1000 feet above the ground below.
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What is a Butte Landform? A butte is a steep hill or cliff made of rock that is mostly flat on top.A butte is smaller than a plateau or mesa, with sides that are vertical or very steep. The height of a butte, when measured from the surrounding land, is usually greater than its width.
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Three other notable formations that are either named butte or may be considered buttes even though they do not conform to the formal geographer's rule are Scotts Bluff in Nebraska which is actually a collection of five bluffs, Crested Butte which is a 12,168 ft (3,709 m) mountain in Colorado, and Elephant Butte which is now an island in Elephant ...
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A city of southwest Montana south-southwest of Helena. It grew in the late 1800s as a mining town, especially after the discovery of copper.
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A butte is a hill that rises abruptly from the surrounding region or has a flat top and sloping sides.