What is Table (landform)?
[[File:Hayrick_Butte,_Oregon.JPG|thumb|250px|[[Hayrick Butte]] in [[Oregon]]]] [[File:Table Mountain from Curtis-Ormsbee Trail.jpg|thumb|250px|Table Mountain in the [[Catskill Mountains]] of [[New York (state)|New York]]]] [[File:Kukenan Tepuy at Sunset.jpg|thumb|250px|Kukenam tepui in Venezuela]] A '''table (landform)''' is a high [[rock (geology)|rock]] structure with a flat top. There are many different terms for this [[landform]] feature. The '''tuya''' is a structure formed by a subglacial (under ice) [[volcano]]. [[Lava]] erupts underneath an overlying [[glacier]] or [[ice sheet]]. It melts through to the surface and pools, producing the flat plateau on top with near-vertical walls along the ice-contact margin as the lava cools and hardens. A similar landform is the '''tepui''', which has a rather different origin. A body of hard rock resists [[erosion]]. It was originally inside a body of softer rock such as [[limestone]], which got eroded away to form a [[plain]]. The more resistant rock is left behind as an isolated mountain. The term is used for the '''table-top''' mountains of [[South America]]. [[Auyán-tepui]] in the [[Guiana Highlands]], Venezuela is the source of the [[Angel Falls]], the tallest waterfall in the world.<ref>Brewer-Carías C. 2010. [http://issuu.com/revistarioverde/docs/rioverdecascabelesdevenezuela Tras la huella: del Salto Angel]. ''Río Verde'' '''2''': 61–77.</ref> It is 19 times higher than [[Niagara Falls]]. *'''Tuya''' *'''Tepui''' *[[Mesa]] *[[Potrero (landform)|Potrero]] *[[Butte]] *[[Plateau]] *[[Fluvial terrace|Terrace]] *Table **Table hill **Table-topped hill **Table mountain **Tableland [[Table Mountain]] in [[South Africa]] is the best-known example of a table landform. == References == {{reflist}} [[Category:Landforms]]