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What type of landscape region is the catskills mountain?
Plateau- it has a horizontal bedrock structure and is a continuation of the Allegheny plateau. It looks like mountains because of stream and glacial erosion.
Why are the Catskills not a true mountain range?
They were not formed by regular mountain building processes. Weird though, they look like mountains... Well, I guess if Pluto is not a planet...
What is the climate of the catskills like?
how so the people who live in catskills year round prepare for the winter months
What is penisular plateau?
the peninsular plateau ia tableland composed of the old crys talline ,igneous,and metamorphic rocks.it was formed due to the gondwana land.this plateauconsists two mainly broad divisions,namely central highlands and deccan plateau
What mountain system are the Adirondacks Catskills and Alleghenies part of?
Appalachian Mountain Range
Is the Cumberland Plateau formed by a constructive force?
NO
What do the Catskill Mountains look like?
The Catskills are not really mountains. They are actually part of a dissected plateau. The Wikipedia site has details on how they were formed and includes pictures.
The catskills are part of which type of landscape region?
allagheny plateau
What type of landscape region is the catskills mountain?
Plateau- it has a horizontal bedrock structure and is a continuation of the Allegheny plateau. It looks like mountains because of stream and glacial erosion.
What generalized New York state landscape region is drained by the Susquehanna river and its tributaries?
Vv
What type of mountains are the Catskills mountains in New York?
The Catskill Mountains are more of a dissected plateau than a series of mountain ranges.
What is tectonic plateau?
Tectonic plateau is a plateau formed by the movement of tectonic plateaus
What are the names of mountains in new york?
The Catskills and Adirondacks are in New York State. The Catskills are to the South of Albany and the Adirondacks are to the North of Albany. The Appalachians are further south starting with the Allegheny range in Pennsylvania and going South. Mount Marcy at 5,344 feet above sea level in the Adirondack Mountains of Essex County is the highest mountain in the state
How are plateau mountains formed?
it cannot be formed
How does plateau form?
a plateau probably formed when the surrounding land was eroded
What elevation and bedrock structure are generally found in in the catskills?
The Catskills are an erosionally dissected plateau, with 98 peaks that rise over 3,000 feet in elevation. Slide Mountain, highest point in the Catskills, is 4,180 feet in elevation. Many bedrock exposures in the upland areas display evidence of the scour of glacial ice, indicating that during periods Pleistocene glaciation the entire Catskills region was submerged in ice.
What formed the Columbia Plateau?
erosion
