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PLATEAU (a French term, older platel, for a flat piece of wood, metal, &c., from plat, flat)

This article appears in Volume V21, Page 804 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: PIG-POL
PLATEAU (a French term, older platel, for a flat piece of wood, metal, &c., from plat, flat) , in
physical
 
geography
 , an elevated region of level or gently undulating
land
 -surface, the
term
  being synonymous with " table-
land
 ." The most clearly defined plateaus have steep flanks in contrast with their level summits, but the
term
  does not necessarily connote a steep ascent from the surrounding country. Indeed, it is applied to such diverse forms as the high-lying plains encircled by the higher elevations of the
Andes
 , and to those of the west of North America, which rise almost imperceptibly from the low central plains. A
plateau
  may have its origin either in the upheaval of strata which preserve their
original
 
horizontal
  position during the process, or in the prolonged denudation of an originally broken surface. The two forms are distinguished respectively as Plateaus of Deposition and Plateaus of Erosion.


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