a plateau that have some thining to do wit the land in stuff!
2006-11-15 10:04:43 · 7 answers · asked by mz.maka1 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Geography
A flat hill or mountain
2006-11-15 10:07:29 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
The top of a large flat area with cliffs on 1 or more sides. A tree stump looks like a small plateau, the flat top being the plateau.
2006-11-15 18:10:02 · answer #2 · answered by jetfighter 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A plateau is a large highland area of fairly level land separated from surrounding land by steep slopes (as problably in the Tibet), or to accumulation of sediments (as in intramountain endorheic basins), or to a combination of both (as in the Andean Altiplano). Sediment accumulation results usually in very low depositional angles, consitent with the definiton of high plateau. As for uplift, if this was recent in geologic history, then the low relief can be mostly preserved. Plateaus (or plateaux), like mesas and buttes, are formed when a flat land has been uplifted by tectonic activity and then eroded by wind or water. Flat-topped, sheer-sided plateaus, like the tepuis of Guiana, are formed when a section of land is uplifted that is topped with a layer of particularly resistant rock, and underlain by softer rock. Other types of plateaus can be formed due to collisions of sections of Earth's crust, due to lava flows forming the land surface (known as lava or basalt plateaus), or simply when the erosion wears away the side of a land region. Plateaus cover about 45 percent of Earth's surface.
2006-11-15 21:29:15 · answer #3 · answered by Chan Meiyean 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A plateau is a large area of flat land.
2006-11-15 18:07:05 · answer #4 · answered by mine-ur 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
a usually extensive land area having a relatively level surface raised sharply above adjacent land on at least one side :
2006-11-15 18:08:12 · answer #5 · answered by porscheleenj 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
dont know the actual definition, but it looks like a mountain when someone took a knife and cleanly cut off the top....there are many in arizona and new mexico.......
2006-11-15 18:07:37 · answer #6 · answered by scape.squad.story 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
a flat highland
2006-11-15 18:12:49 · answer #7 · answered by neonpony1919 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋