Question

Name of 34 plateau and in which country they are ​

Answer 1

Name of Plateau
Location
Characteristics
Tibetan Plateau
Central Asia
1. Popularly known as "the Roof of the World"
2. Surrounded by imposing mountain ranges that harbour the world's two highest mountain peak i.e. Mount Everest and K2
3. Formed due to the collision of the Indo-Australian and Eurasian tectonic plates
Columbia – Snake Plateau
Washington, Oregon, and Idaho (USA)
1. Formed due to the volcanic eruptions with a consequent coating of basalt lava (Flood Basalt Plateau). Hence it is called 'flood basalt plateau'.
Colorado Plateau
Southwestern part of USA
1. Bounded by the Rocky Mountains from north and east, in the west by the Great Basin, and from the south by the Sonoran Desert.
Deccan Plateau
India
1. Largest plateau in India
2. Located between Western Ghats and Eastern Ghats
3. It is volcanic basalt beds of the Deccan which were laid down by the massive Deccan Trap eruption.
Kimberley Plateau
Australia
1. Formed by the volcanic eruption
2. Mineral deposits, including kimberlite (diamond-bearing rock) and traces of oil.
Katanga Plateau
Democratic Republic of the Congo
1. Famous for copper and uranium deposits
2. Region is good for farming and ranching
Mascarene Plateau
Indian Ocean
1. Second largest undersea plateau in the Indian Ocean after the Kerguelen Plateau
2. Formed of granite, and is a fragment of the ancient supercontinent of Gondwana
Laurentian Plateau
Canada
1. Also known as 'Canadian Shield'
2. Famous for exposed Precambrian igneous and high-grade metamorphic rocks (geological shield)
3. Fine quality of iron-ore is found here
Mexican Plateau
Mexico
1. Also called as Mexican Altiplano
2. Popularly known as ‘Mineral Store’
3. Famous for World's biggest silver mine i.e. Chihuahua
Patagonian Plateau
Argentina
1. It is semi-arid scrub and rain shadow desert plateau.
2. Famous for sheep rearing
Altiplano Plateau or Bolivian Plateau
South-eastern region of Peru and western region Bolivia
1. It is a series of intermontane basins.
2. Famous for Tin reserves
Massif Central
France
1. Tectonic movements created faults and are maybe at the origin of the volcanism in the Massif Central (but the hypothesis is not proved yet).
2. Famous for Grapes cultivation
Anatolian Plateau
Turkey
1. Popularly known as Asia Minor
2. Region is famous for best quality wool producing goat i.e. Angora goats
Spanish Plateau or Iberian Plateau
Spain
1. Formed by the volcanic eruption and lava
2. One of the best quality iron is found in this region
Loess Plateau
China
1. Also known as the 'Huangtu Plateau'
2. Famous for highly erodible soil on the Earth
Pothohar Plateau
Pakistan
1. Bounded on the east by the Jhelum River, on the west by the Indus River, on the north by the Kala Chitta Range and the Margalla Hills, and on the south by the Salt Range.
Bavarian Plateau
Germany
1. Also known as 'Alpine Foreland'
2. Formed under the influence of the ice ages and has a rich variety of landforms
Ahaggar Plateau
Algeria
1. Also called as 'Hoggar', large plateau in the north centre of the Sahara, on the Tropic of Cancer, North Africa.
2. Region is composed of black volcanic (basalt).