|
Name
of Plateau |
Location |
Remarks |
|
Ahaggar Plateau |
Algeria |
- called
as 'Hoggar' |
|
Anatolia Plateau |
Turkey |
- known
as Asia Minor - famous
for best quality wool producing goat
Angora goats |
|
Barkly Plateau |
Australia |
- famous
for mineral resources, especially Uranium, Copper and Lead |
|
Bavarian Plateau |
Germany |
- known
as 'Alpine Foreland' |
|
Bohemian Plateau |
Germany – Czech Republic |
- covered
with evergreen and deciduous forests - In
the winter season, it remain covered with ice and snow |
|
Bolivian Plateau |
Peru and Bolivia |
- Famous
for Tin reserves |
|
Colorado Plateau |
USA |
- example
of intermontane plateau - Mesas
and buttes are found here - example
of young plateau |
|
Columbia – Snake Plateau |
USA |
- example
of basaltic-lava plateau - River
Columbia and its tributary Snake meet in this plateau - Formed
due to the volcanic eruptions with a coating of basalt lava - it
is called 'flood basalt plateau' |
|
Deccan Plateau |
India |
- Largest
plateau in India - Located
between Western Ghats and Eastern Ghats |
|
Katanga Plateau |
Democratic Republic of the
Congo |
- Famous
for copper and uranium deposits |
|
Kimberley Plateau |
Australia |
- Formed
by the volcanic eruption - Mineral
deposits including kimberlite (diamond-bearing rock) are found |
|
Korat Plateau |
Thailand |
- made
of red sand stone |
|
Laurentian Plateau |
Canada |
- known
as 'Canadian Shield' - Famous
for exposed Precambrian igneous and high-grade metamorphic rocks |
|
Loess Plateau |
China |
- known
as the 'Huangtu Plateau' |
|
Mascarene Plateau |
Indian Ocean |
- Second
largest undersea plateau in the Indian Ocean - Formed
of granite |
|
Massif Central |
France |
- Famous
for Grapes cultivation |
|
Mexican Plateau |
Mexico |
- called
as Mexican Altiplano - Popularly
known as ‘Mineral Store’ - Famous
for World's biggest silver mine “Chihuahua” |
|
Patagonian Plateau |
Argentina |
- semi-arid
scrub and rain shadow desert plateau |
|
Pothohar Plateau |
Pakistan |
- Bounded
on the east by the Jhelum River, on the west by the Indus River |
|
Siam Plateau |
Thailand |
- highly
dissected plateau |
|
Spanish Plateau |
Spain |
- best
quality iron is found here |
|
Tibetan Plateau |
Central Asia |
- Known
as "Roof of the World" - Surrounded
by Mount Everest & K2 |
|
Yukon-Kushok Un Plateau |
USA |
- lying
between Brooks Range and Alaska Mountain - example
of international plateau which has been divided into many parts by many
rivers |
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