1. Define mountains, valleys, plateau, plains.
2. How are landforms in Asia formed?
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1. Define mountains, valleys, plateau, plains.
A plateau is an elevated area with more or less levelled land on its top. It has a large area on its top and a steep slope on its sides. They are also called high plains or tablelands. The plateaus cover about 18% of the earth's land surface.
2. How was Asia formed?
Most of those units had coalesced as a continental landmass by about 160 million years ago when the core of the Indian subcontinent broke off from Africa and began drifting northeastward to collide with the southern flank of Asia about 50 million to 40 million years ago
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Mountains, Plateaus and Plains are some major landforms of the Earth. Natural processes such as weathering, water, elevation, sinking, and erosion of the soil are constantly shaping the Earth's surface.
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Asia can be divided into five major physical regions: mountain systems; plateaus; plains, steppes, and deserts; freshwater environments; and saltwater environments. The Himalaya mountains extend for about 2,500 kilometers (1,550 miles), separating the Indian subcontinent from the rest of Asia.