Question

differnce between plateau and rock

Answer 1

Topographic difference. Mountains have high topography and plateau have low topography compare to mountain.Peak of mountains are rounded and pinnacle like Himalaya(India). plateaus are flat from the top and steep to gentle from sides like Deccan traps(India).Plateau generally formed by horizontal and gental dipping strata or lava flows. Mountain formed by deformed rocks.Mountains formed by orogeny but plateau formed by stable craton, flat sedimentary rocks, lava traps and prolonged weathering of rocks etc.Drainage system of plateus is generally dendritic because of flat topography