Plateaus


Major Land Forms II - Concepts
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Plateaus

Plateaus:

A plateaus is an elevated flat land. It is a flat toped table land standing above the surrounding area a plateaus may have one or more sides with steep slopes the height of Plateaus often varies from few hundred meters to several thousand metres. Plateaus, like mountains may be young or old.

The Deccan plateau in India is one of the oldest plateaus. The Tibet plateau is the highest plateau in the world with a height of 4,000 to 6,000 metres above the mean sea level. Plateaus are very useful because they are rich in mineral deposits. As a result, many of the mining areas in the world are located in the plateau areas. The African plateau is famous for gold and diamond mining. In India huge reserve of iron, coal and manganese are found in the Chhotanagpur plateau.

Plateaus are of different types.

•    Intermontane plateaus are those that are surrounded completely or partially by mountains, for example, the plateau of Tibet.

•    Continental plateaus are vast areas of tableland that rise abruptly from the coast or surrounding plains, e.g., the plateaus of Africa.

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The ________ plateau is the highest plateau of the world with a 4000 to 6000 metres above sea level .

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Tibetian PlateauThe largest and highest plateau

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Which is the highest plateau in the world?

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