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The Geology and GIS/GPS Programs. Mesa State College’s Department of Physical and Environmental Science – Geology Program offers A.S. and B.S. degrees in ...
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Mesa, city, United States Mesa (mā`sə), city (1990 pop. 288,091), Maricopa co., S central Ariz., in the irrigated Salt River valley; inc. 1883.

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Mesa (geology) (Spanish, “table”), level land on top of isolated rock formations having steep rock cliffs for sides. Mesas, once parts of larger plateaus, are found in the southwestern United States, particularly in Colorado. When diminished in size by natural forces, they are known as buttes.

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