noun. A broad, high level region; a plateau. 'At its southern end, the terrain drops down to the Santa Rosa Plateau, a 2,000-foot-high tableland with canyons, mesas, and low hills. ... 'The northeast is a land of gently rolling tablelands interrupted by granite hills and rock formations.

What are called tablelands?

: a broad level elevated area : plateau.

Which landform is also known as tableland?

Plateau is known as the tableland in geological terms as it resembles a table as in having an elevated and flat plain land. Plateaus have different names called 'mesas' and 'buttes'.