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mesa

elevated area of land with a flat top and sides that are usually steep cliffs
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mesa

Summary

mesa ranks in the top 1% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,677 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • mesa is a type of highland[2].
  • mesa is a type of hill[3].
  • mesa is a type of mountain[4].
  • mesa is a type of mountain range[5].
  • mesa's Commons category is recorded as Mesas[6].
  • mesa's said to be the same as is recorded as Amba[7].
  • mesa's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Mesas[8].
  • mesa's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia[9].
  • mesa's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[10].
  • mesa's different from is recorded as Tafelberg[11].
  • mesa's exact match is recorded as http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00000179[12].
  • mesa's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[13].

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Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include highland[2], hill[3], mountain[4], and mountain range[5].

Why It Matters

mesa ranks in the top 1% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,677 views/month).[1] mesa has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[14] mesa is known by 41 alternative names across languages and contexts.[15]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [14] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [15] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). mesa. Retrieved April 10, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/mesa-q623319
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  1. 3d ago · Frenouille · 2026-08-28 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Different from → Tafelberg
    Said to be the same as → Amba
    Topic's main category → Category:Mesas
    Subclass of → —
    + 4 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P460]]: [[Q456555]]"
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