A narrow, isolated hill with steep sides and a small, flat or pointed top, capped by resistant rock and standing as the eroded remnant of a once more extensive mesa or plateau. A butte is generally taller than it is wide across its top, distinguishing it from the broader, flatter mesa it is descended from by continued erosion.
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Wikidata: Butte
Wikidata Q9668976, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source Butte (Wikipedia)
Shaped By: Weathering, Lead and geology text
areas. == Formation == Buttes form by weathering and erosion when hard caprock overlies a layer of less resistant rock
Shaped By: Erosion, Lead and geology text
areas. == Formation == Buttes form by weathering and erosion when hard caprock overlies a layer of less resistant rock
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