#highland__upland elevated (e.g., mountainous) land
exclusion: #lowland
supertype: #natural_elevation__naturalelevation__elevation a raised or elevated geological formation
instance: #Highlands
subtype: #down.highland (usually plural) a rolling treeless highland with little soil
subtype: #tableland__plateau a relatively flat highland
subtype: #Colorado_Plateau a large plateau south and west of the Rocky Mountains; abuts mountains on the north and east and ends in an escarpment overlooking lowlands to the south and west; the Grand Canyon of the Colorado River is carved out of the southwestern corner
subtype: #Llano_Estacado a large semiarid plateau forming the southern part of the Great Plains
subtype: #mesa__table flat tableland with steep edges; "the tribe was relatively safe on the mesa but they had to descend into the valley for water"
subtype: #terrace__bench a level shelf of land interrupting a declivity (with steep slopes above and below)
instance: #Ardennes
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