tableland

[ tey-buh l-land ]

/ ˈteɪ bəlˌlænd /

an elevated and generally level region of considerable extent; plateau.

Origin of tableland

First recorded in 1690–1700; table + -land

After going over this tableland for about twelve miles, we again came down to the river, through a steep and sandy ravine.

Journal of a Trip to California |Charles W. Smith
One set of tracks leads to the west, toward the Pacific coast, the other set to the north, toward the Bolivian tableland.

The Argentine Republic |Pierre Denis
However, the whole of the surface of the tableland cannot be used permanently, or during the entire summer.

The Argentine Republic |Pierre Denis
The Salta line was continued in 1908 to the Bolivian tableland.

The Argentine Republic |Pierre Denis

Hu Dra had disappeared from the tableland as suddenly but not as' tracklessly as a phantom.

Tropic Days |E. J. Banfield

tableland

/ (ˈteɪbəlˌlænd) /

flat elevated land; a plateau

tableland

[ tā′bəl-lănd′ ]

A flat, elevated region, such as a plateau or mesa.