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Plateau

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PLATEAU

A PLATEAU IS A FLAT ELEVATED LANDFORM THAT RISES SHARPLY ABOVE THE SOUROUNDING AREA ON AT LEAST ONE SIDE

PLATEAU

  • The highest and biggest plateau in the world is the Tibetan plateau

A PLATEAU CAN BE FOUND

IN ALL SEVEN CONTINENTS

A plateau is also called a high plain or a tableland

Photo by JOSEPH BLANC

PLATEAUS

  • Plateaus take up a third of Earths land
Photo by Gert Boers

PLATEAUS

ARE ONE OF TH FOUR MAJOR LANDFORMS ALONG WITH MOUNTAINS,PLAIN, AND HILLS
Photo by hanan.

The Colorado Plateau is lying in the wester part of the USA it is the largest plateau in America it is divided by the Colorado River and the Grand Canyon

Photo by Melvin Tan

THE WIND SWEPT PLATEAU IS THE NEWEST PLATEAU IN THE WORLD

PLATEAUS
Photo by morais

Some Plateaus like the Altiplano in the Southern Peru are integral parts of Mountain belts

Photo by Lindsey Bahia

PLATEAUS CAN BE FOUND

HIGH ABOVE SEA
Photo by Nir Singher

PLATEAU CLIMATES RANGE FROM 30 DEGREES (34 C) IN THE WINTER

TO 100 F (380 C) IN THE SUMMER
Photo by K

Plateaus result from constant lava streams that ooze out of the Earths surface through cracks and spread over long areas