plateau
C1653
concept
A plateau is a broad, elevated, and relatively flat landform that rises sharply above the surrounding area.
Aliases (13)
- escarpment ×4
- limestone plateau ×3
- mountain plateau ×3
- plateau region ×2
- arid plateau ×1
- high plateau ×1
- high-altitude plateau ×1
- intermontane plateau ×1
- limestone plateau landscape ×1
- moorland plateau ×1
- tableland ×1
- underwater plateau ×1
- urban plateau ×1
Instances (65)
- Syrian Desert ("arid plateau")
- Piedmont (United States)
- Altiplano plateau
- Swiss Plateau
- Stellwagen Bank ("underwater plateau")
- Patagonian Desert
- Bavarian Plateau
- Columbia Plateau
- Atacama Desert
- Barrington Tops
- Eastern Highlands
- Pajarito Plateau
- Kinder Scout ("moorland plateau")
- Colorado Plateau
- Appalachian Plateau
- Altai Mountains
- Ozarks region (partly) ("plateau region")
- White Peak ("limestone plateau")
- Mexican Plateau
- Tibetan Plateau
- Witwatersrand ("escarpment")
- Deccan Plateau
- Potohar Plateau
- Golan Heights
- Highveld
- Sabana de Bogotá
- Armenian Highlands
- Bale Mountains ("high plateau")
- Meseta Central
- Langres Plateau
- Vercors Massif ("limestone plateau")
- Mogollon Rim ("escarpment")
- Luxembourg Plateau
- Amarkantak Plateau
- Birmingham Plateau
- Plateau de Millevaches
- Malwa
- Montagne de Reims
- Grands Causses ("limestone plateau")
- Kirchberg plateau ("urban plateau")
- Loess Plateau (eastern part)
- Iranian plateau
- Plains of Abraham
- Finnmarksvidda
- Greensand Ridge ("escarpment")
- Tablelands of New South Wales
- Chinese-administered Aksai Chin region
- Shira
- Plan de l’Aiguille ("mountain plateau")
- Illawarra Escarpment ("escarpment")
- Capcir
- Piedmont Plateau
- Regional Natural Park of Causses du Quercy ("limestone plateau landscape")
- White Mountains
- Puna de Atacama
- Intermontane Plateaus ("plateau region")
- Alxa Plateau
- Highland Rim
- Piedmont region of Georgia
- Hardangervidda ("mountain plateau")
- Jura plateau