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A plateau is
an area of elevated flat land.
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Plateaus cover about 45 percent of Earth's surface. You may not even know you live on a plateau. |
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The Tibetan Plateau or Chang Tang is the highest and largest plateau on earth; three times the size of Texas or France. It is called the "roof of the world". |
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Much of the state of Washington is a plateau called the Columbia River Plateau. This same plateau covers a lot of northern Oregon and some of Idaho. |
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Related Terms
butte - also flat-topped with steep sides; much smaller than a plateau cliff - the edges of plateaus are often steep cliffs desert - you may have a desert on top of a plateau mesa - like a plateau but smaller plain - some plains are on top of plateaus prairie - a prairie can be on top of a plateau |
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