What is "the buttes"

Usage examples of "the buttes".

They bunched the cattle on the plain north of the Buttes, avoiding the breaks along the canyon that lay just to the south.

If she turned off between those buttes the sheepherders would have their view of her cut off until they passed the buttes, and by that time she could be under cover.

Here and there, especially in the lee of the buttes, he found indentations that convinced him he was on the right course.

The hairs began to crowd together at their bases, and beyond the buttes they carpeted the ground.

Reith saw that the second of the buttes, with sheer vertical walls, was clearly superior to the first-if the raft would stay in the air that long.

Following it I came across his bed, among some cedars in a dark, steep gorge, where the buttes bordered the bottom.

Sometimes they would meet in the Buttes Chaumont, at others they preferred the gardens on the left bank of the Seine, the Luxembourg, and even the distant Parc de Montsouris.

On the flanks of the buttes, bands of yellow, magenta, and even purple soil set off the brown and dun Sharina found more familiar.

On the flanks of the buttes, bands of yellow, magenta and even purple soil set off the brown and dun Sharina found more familiar.

With her back to the gentle sea that washed Worlport's sand-fringed southern coast, Leia took a moment to gaze at the buttes that soared from the smog-blanketed northern wastes, out past the expansive junkyards, all the way to Ten Mile Plateau.

He went down low as soon as he broke Geonosis' atmosphere, ducking below any tracking systems that might be in place, skimming the red plains and broken stones, weaving around the buttes and mesas.