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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 ...
Pages in category "Plateaus of the United States" The following 29 pages are in this category, out of 29 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
Central Plateau of Angola, another name for the Bié Plateau; Central Plateau (Brazil), in the Brazilian Highlands; Central Plateau (Haiti) Central Plateau (Mexico) Central Plateau (New Zealand) Central Plateau (United States), a plateau in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming; Plateau State, Nigeria; Central Siberian Plateau
Plateaus of the United States (4 C, 29 P) Pages in category "Plateaus of North America" ... Chukchi Plateau; Costa Rican Central Valley
Most of the remainder of the plateau is drained by the Rio Grande and its tributaries. [1] [2]: 395 The Colorado Plateau is largely made up of high desert, with scattered areas of forests. In the south-west corner of the Colorado Plateau lies the Grand Canyon of the Colorado River. Much of the Plateau's landscape is related to the Grand Canyon ...
The term "United States," when used in the geographic sense, refers to the contiguous United States (sometimes referred to as the Lower 48, including the District of Columbia not as a state), Alaska, Hawaii, the five insular territories of Puerto Rico, Northern Mariana Islands, U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and minor outlying possessions. [1]
Most included all of North America without regard to political subdivision. ... Edwards Plateau: 13j. Central Texas: V. Interior Highlands: 14. Ozark Plateaus 14a.
By 600 million years ago, North America had been beveled off to a remarkably smooth surface. It is on this crystalline rock surface that the younger, more familiar layered rocks of the Colorado Plateau were deposited. [11] Throughout the Paleozoic Era, the Colorado Plateau region was periodically inundated by tropical seas.