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Question
What are plateaus? How are they different from mountains? Give suitable examples.
Solution
Plateaus or table lands are elevated uplands, extensive in size and descending steeply to the surrounding regions. On the other hand, a portion of land surface rising considerably above the surroundings either as a single eminence or in a range if chain is called a ihountains.
Examples of Plateaus :
- Deccan Plateau of India.
- Tibetan Plateau (called the roof of the world)
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