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Satellite image of the Tibetan Plateau between the Himalayan mountains to the south and the Taklamakan Desert to the north. In geology and physical geography, a plateau (/ p l ə ˈ t oʊ, p l æ ˈ t oʊ, ˈ p l æ t oʊ /; French:; pl.: plateaus or plateaux), [1] [2] also called a high plain or a tableland, is an area of a highland consisting of flat terrain that is raised sharply above the ...
Plateaus of Asia (2 C, 15 P) E. Plateaus of Europe (1 C, 20 P) N. Plateaus of North America (3 C, 2 P) O. Plateaus of Oceania (2 C, 5 P) S. Plateaus of South America ...
Plateaus of Asia, areas of a highland consisting of flat terrain, that is raised sharply above the surrounding area on at least one side. Often one or more sides have deep hills. Plateaus can be formed by a number of processes, including upwelling of volcanic magma, extrusion of lava, and erosion by water and glaciers. Plateaus are classified ...
The Columbia Plateau in southern British Columbia, Oregon, Idaho, and Washington state, is an example of a steppe region in North America outside of the Great Plains. In South America, cold steppe can be found in Patagonia and much of the high elevation regions east of the southern Andes.
Category: Plateaus by country. ... Plateaus of the Central African Republic (1 P) Plateaus of Chile (3 C, 5 P) Plateaus of China (1 C, 11 P) Plateaus of Croatia (4 P) E.
The North American plate is a tectonic plate containing most of North America, Cuba, the Bahamas, extreme northeastern Asia, and parts of Iceland and the Azores.With an area of 76 million km 2 (29 million sq mi), it is the Earth's second largest tectonic plate, behind the Pacific plate (which borders the plate to the west).
Category: Plateaus of Asia by country. 7 languages. ... Plateaus of Yemen (1 P) This page was last edited on 26 December 2016, at 21:37 (UTC). ...
Pages in category "Plateaus of North America" The following 2 pages are in this category, out of 2 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. C. Chukchi Plateau;