An extensive, elevated area of flat or gently rolling terrain, essentially synonymous with a plateau, whose broad, level top contrasts sharply with the steeper ground that typically borders it. The term is especially common in describing large upland regions such as the tablelands of eastern Australia and southern Africa.
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