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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 ...
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). ...
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 ...
Vast elevated plateau in South Asia, Central Asia and East Asia, the Roof of the World. Greco-Bactrian Kingdom: 2,500,000: A successor state to the Seleucid Empire in what is now Afghanistan and Uzbekistan lasting from 256–125 BC. Size at greatest extent in 184 BC. Grand Duchy of Moscow: 2,500,000
Plateaus of the United Kingdom (1 C) Plateaus of the United States (4 C, 29 P) V. Plateaus of Venezuela (1 C, 3 P) Y. Plateaus of Yemen (1 P) This page was ...
Almost all mountains in the list are located in the Himalaya and Karakoram ranges to the south and west of the Tibetan plateau. All peaks 7,000 m (23,000 ft) or higher are located in East, Central or South Asia in a rectangle edged by Noshaq (7,492 m or 24,580 ft) on the Afghanistan–Pakistan border in the west, Jengish Chokusu (Tuōmù'ěr Fēng, 7,439 m or 24,406 ft) on the Kyrgyzstan ...
The Tibetan Plateau, [a] also known as Qinghai–Tibet Plateau [b] and Qing–Zang Plateau, [c] is a vast elevated plateau located at the intersection of Central, South, and East Asia. [ d ] Geographically, it is located to the north of Himalayas and the Indian subcontinent , and to the south of Tarim Basin and Mongolian Plateau .
This is a list of the largest deserts in the world by area. ... Eastern Asia: China: 14: Colorado Plateau: Cold winter: 336,700 [5] 130,116: ...