Buttes are similar to mesas in that they are flat-topped hills with steep sides, although they are much smaller than mesas, and tend to stand out as isolated landscape features. The Zuni Buttes are a group of such rock formations located in the northwestern corner of the Zuni Pueblo Reservation in western New Mexico.
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Aerial view of Elephant Butte Dam on the Rio Grande, Sierra County, New Mexico. A photo taken by Sprouse, Len in 1949.
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National Geographic Society Online
N.d. Education: Encyclopedia: Butte.
http://education.nationalgeographic.org/encyclopedia/butte/,
accessed March 14, 2016.