Flat (landform)

A flat is a relatively level surface of land within a region of greater relief, such as hills or mountains, usually used in the plural.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4] The term is often used to name places with such features, for example, Yucca Flat or Henninger Flats.

The village of Santarfa in Ethiopia is established on a structural flat along a 1000-metre-high escarpment

Flat is also used to describe other level geographic areas as mud flats or salt flats.

References

^ "GNIS Feature Class Definitions: Flat" . geonames.usgs.gov. USGS. Retrieved 4 Jan 2017. Relative level area within a region of greater relief (clearing, glade, playa).
^ "flat" . dictionary.com. IAC Publishing. Retrieved 4 Jan 2017. flat or level ground; a flat area
^ "flat" . oxforddictionaries.com. Oxford University Press. Retrieved 4 Jan 2017. An area of low level ground, especially near water
^ "flat" . dictionary.cambridge.org. Cambridge University Press. Retrieved 4 Jan 2017. An area of low, level ground, often near water

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