DIFFERENCE BETWEEN MESSA  AND BUTTE

DIFFERENCE BETWEEN MESSA  AND BUTTE

The difference between a butte and a mesa is in their heights and size of the flat tops. A butte and a mesa are both geological landscape formations. Due to the forces of erosion, a mesa eventually gets reduced to a butte.

 

MESSA	BUTTE
A mesa is a medium size flat-topped hill or mountain.	a butte is a small flat-topped or pointed hill or mountain.
a mesa is a much larger, slightly less elevated feature.	a butte is taller than it is wide
Once a plain land, continuous erosion of surrounding areas makes it an elevated landmass and the top layer resists denudation of underlying rocks, thus giving it its characteristic shape.	Continued denudation by wind and water gradually reduces the Mesa into small flat hills called Buttes.
Size : Butte < Mesa