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