The Qinghai-Tibet Plateau or simply the Tibetan Plateau in western China is the highest plateau in the world. It is famously known as the roof the world and forms the top of Chinaâ??s topographical staircase.

The Tibetan Plateau is the worldâ??s highest plateau. The Deosai National Park in northern Pakistan is the second highest plateau and the Antarctic Plateau in Antarctica is the third-highest plateau. Another notable plateaus is the Colorado Plateau that covers the four U.S. states Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, and Utah.

The Yunnan is a plateau in southern China where much of the countryâ??s rice crop is grown. This area is located in a region surrounded with mountains and has a high elevation which creates the ideal conditions for growing rice.

The Blake Plateau was named after the U. S.. Coast Survey ShipBlake which first sounded the area in 1881.

it has rich deposits of minerals and black soil