plateau

Noun
  1. is a type of: highland, upland - elevated (e.g., mountainous) land
    subtypes:
    • mesa, table - flat tableland with steep edges
    • bench, terrace - a level shelf of land interrupting a declivity (with steep slopes above and below)
    specific instances:
    • canadian shield, laurentian highlands, laurentian plateau - a large plateau that occupies more than 40% of the land area of Canada; it extends from the Great Lakes northward to the Arctic Ocean
    • ardennes - a wooded plateau in the Champagne-Ardenne region of France; the site of intense fighting in World War I and World War II
    • najd, nejd - a central plateau region of the Arabian Peninsula; formerly an independent sultanate until 1932 when it united with Hejaz to form the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
    • guiana highlands - a mountainous tableland in northern South America; extends from Venezuela into Guyana and northern Brazil
    • cambrian mountains - a rugged plateau that runs north to south through central Wales
    • colorado plateau - a large plateau to the south and west of the Rocky Mountains; abuts mountains on the north and east and ends in an escarpment overlooking lowlands to the south and west; the Grand Canyon is carved out of the southwestern corner
    • llano estacado - a large semiarid plateau forming the southern part of the Great Plains
    • massif central - a mountainous plateau in southern France that covers almost one sixth of the country
    same as: tableland

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