Plateau (All you should know)

👋 everyone I am Goutam from "Geography​ 🌍 " today I describe to you all about the the 'plateau'. As we all know from the sea level up to 300 m high plain area is called plateau.

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                                            Classification of plateau according to height

                                            Characteristics of plateau

                                            Cause of formation of plateau and their classification 


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∆ Classification of plateau according to height :-

    There are three type of plateau according to height. (1) Higher plateau (2) Lower plateau (3) One side higher another side lower plateau.


(1)  Higher plateau :-

  Up to 4000 m plain area is called higher plateau. The plateaus are Bolivia plateau, Pamir Plateau, Tibetian plateau, Ladakh plateau. Pamir is highest plateau of the world and it is called "roof of the world". The average hight of this plateau is 4,878 m. Ladakh is the largest plateau of the world. It is spread out up to 12 lakhs sq kilometre. The average height of this plateau is 4,000 m.


 (2) Lower Plateau :-

    Which plateaus altitude is 300-677 m those are called lower plateau like Ranchi, Purulia, Deccan plateau, Hazaribug etc.

 (3) Upper and lower plateau :-

    There are more some plateau in the world which one side is higher another side lower. The upper side is called malnad and lower side is called maidan.

 ∆ Characteristics of Plateau :-

•  The plateau is looks like a ripples.
•  The plateaus are situated in upland area.
•  The hight of the plateaus are 300-4,800 m.
•  It is exist in all continent.
•  We can see the hill on the plateau but those are not so high.
•  The plateaus are exist 40% area of the total earth's surface.
•  The plateaus surface is look like a table but side is steep-down. These plateaus are called table land.

 ∆ Causes of Formation of Plateau and their Classification :-

 It is mainly three kind like (1) Tectonic movement and plate drifting (2) Erosion of earth surface (3) when lava is clot on the earth. As a result of tectonic movement many places are grow up or any more dislocation the place is grow up then we can see the plateau.


 ∆ Other Plateau :-

   According to the scientists many sea plates are collide to each other then continent plate resurface and made a plateau. Shield Plateau Intermontane Plateau Faulted Plateau Tilted Plateau.