flat (landform)

{{short description|Relatively level surface of land within a region of greater relief}}

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A flat is a relatively level surface of land within a region of greater relief, such as hills or mountains, usually used in the plural.{{cite web|url=https://geonames.usgs.gov/apex/f?p=138:8|title=GNIS Feature Class Definitions: Flat|website=geonames.usgs.gov|publisher=USGS|accessdate=4 Jan 2017|quote=Relative level area within a region of greater relief (clearing, glade, playa).|archive-date=27 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210627203345/https://geonames.usgs.gov/apex/f?p=138:8|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=http://www.dictionary.com/browse/flat|title=flat|website=dictionary.com|publisher=IAC Publishing|accessdate=4 Jan 2017|quote=flat or level ground; a flat area}}{{cite web|url=https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/flat|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160925033036/https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/flat|url-status=dead|archive-date=September 25, 2016|title=flat|website=oxforddictionaries.com|publisher=Oxford University Press|accessdate=4 Jan 2017|quote=An area of low level ground, especially near water}}{{cite web|url=http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/flat|title=flat|website=dictionary.cambridge.org|publisher=Cambridge University Press|accessdate=4 Jan 2017|quote=An area of low, level ground, often near water}} The term is often used to name places with such features, for example, Yucca Flat or Henninger Flats.

Flat is also used to describe other level geographic areas as mud flats or salt flats.