The images below shot last week along the Arizona/Utah border show buttes, plateaus and mesas, geologic land forms that permeate America’s Desert Southwest. In general terms, buttes are smaller than mesas and mesas are smaller than plateaus. Buttes were probably once mesas but shrunk in size due to erosion. Plateaus are bigger than both mesas and buttes. But specific sizes of each land form are not normally defined.


3 responses to “Buttes, Plateaus and Mesas- What’s the Difference?”
Brilliant Photographs the desert is where I am most at home. Thanks for taking me back!
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Great pics and unique scenery! Bye. Kamila
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Thanks Kamila!
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