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How is a plateau different from a plain?
In geology and earth science, a plateau, also called a high plain or tableland, is an area of highland, usually consisting of relatively flat terrain. A highly eroded plateau is called a dissected plateau. A volcanic plateau is a plateau produced by volcanic activity.In geography, a plainis land with relatively low relief, that is flat or gently rolling. Prairies and steppes are types of plains, and the archetype for a plain is often thought of as a grassland, but plains in their natural state may also be covered in shrublands, woodland and forest, or vegetation may be absent in the case of sandy or stony plains in hot deserts. Types of flatlands for which the term is not generally used include those covered entirely and permanently by swamps, marshes, playas, or ice sheets. A plain is flat land and a plateau is high land.
What flat topped rock or hill formation with steep sides?
plateau
What does plateau mean when you are using a map?
a medium elevation of a steep slope
How can you draw a plateau an a map?
it depends if the plateau is flat and there is no difference in elevation, then it would just be a "circle" or whatever the shape and if there is elevation then you would just be the same as the other isolines. ....?
Where is the Roan Plateau and why is it famous?
The Roan Plateau is in western Colorado, about 25 miles west of Glenwood Springs. Rising 3,000 feet above the Colorado River valley, the Roan Plateau is one of the area's last areas of public lands not yet leased for oil and gas drilling. The Roan Plateau includes one of Colorado's tallest waterfalls, genetically pure strains of rare native trout, and plants that are known to occur only here. The area teems with wildlife and is popular for hunting, fishing, camping, and other types of recreation. The lands are grazed by livestock by ranchers who have public land permits. The Roan Plateau is part of the Piceance Basin, one of North America's largest natural gas plays. Massive levels of oil and gas drilling are occurring all around the Roan Plateau, where 95% of the public lands managed by the US Dept of Interior Bureau of Land Management are already leased for this activity. Since 2000, the BLM has been in a planning process for a portion of the Roan Plateau, pushing under the priorities of the Bush Administration to open these lands to drilling. Public sentiment strongly opposes drilling the unleased public lands of the natural Roan Plateau, and a strong, local effort has developed to protect these popular public lands. Transferred from the US Department of Energy to the BLM in 1997, the Roan Plateau planning area is actually part of a much larger feature, also called the Roan Plateau that stretches from eastern Utah to its dramatic conclusion in the area often called "Roan Plateau," more accurately the Roan Plateau Planning Area. Half the lands in the RPPA is already leased or owned outright by the energy companies, and development has recently exploded across these lands. But the core portion of the Roan's public lands remain natural and unleased, and these are the center of the effort to save Roan Plateau. More info at saveroanplateau.org
What causes plateau's?
a glacier picking up rock and soil
What causes the Mexican plateau to experience surprisingly cool temperature?
The elevation
What are ways people changed the region of the deccan plateau?
weather and causes monsoon
Why is the Tibetan the biggest plateau?
The Indian subcontinent is moving north into the southern part of the Asian continent. At the junction this enormous collision causes the raising of both the Himalayas mountains and north of that the Tibetan plateau.
What are the names of famous plateau?
Roan Plateau,Colorado Plateau,Deccan Plateau, Tibetan Plateau
What are the other names for the Plateau of Tibet?
The Plateau of Tibet can also be called the Tibetan Plateau, Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau, Qinzang Plateau, "Roof of the World" or "Third Pole of the Earth".
Example of a plateau?
The Colorado Plateau Ennedi Plateau Blake Plateau
What is the second highest plateau in Asia?
The Panchgani plateau is the second highest plateau in Asia. The highest plateau is Asia is called the Tibetan Plateau.
What is a intermonate plateau?
an intermontane plateau is a plateau which is surrounded by mountains.
What part of speech is plateau?
Plateau is a noun (a plateau) and a verb (to plateau).
Which plateau lies between the aravali and the vindhya ranges?
Malwa Plateau
What is the other name for southern plateau?
The other name for the southern plateau is the Deccan Plateau.
