Distinguish between an intermontane plateau and a piedmont plateau . Give one example of each from North America
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Explanation:
a. When a plateau is covered by mountains on all sides, it is called an Intermontane plateau. ... When a plateau has a mountain on one side it is called Piedmont plateau. The best examples of Piedmont plateaus are the Malwa plateau in India, the Patagonian plateau in Argentina etc.
Intermontane plateaus are wide tablelands that are formed or situated between mountain ranges, when a plateau is surrounded by mountains on all sides, it is refers to an Intermontane plateau. Some examples of the Intermontane plateau include the Tibetan plateau, the Bolivian plateaus, and theWestern United States
The Colorado Plateau is a large plateau in North America. It covers neraly 337,000 km² of area. It is a huge, structurally unchanged, high elevated, tectonically impenetrable region that covers a large part of the southwest region of North America.
Intermontane Basin, a wide valley between mountain ranges that is partly filled with alluvium such as New Zealand's Mackenzie Basin. Intermontane Belt, a physiogeological region in the North American Pacific Northwest. Intermontane Plateaus, the United States physiographic region of the Intermountain West.