Plateaus

A plateau is a highland with its top as a flat area. It looks like a table, so it also called tableland.

A plateau may have one or more sides with steep slopes.

The Tibetan Plateau is the highest plateau in the world with a height of 4000 to 6000 meters.

The Deccan Plateau in India is one of the oldest plateaus.

Some other plateaus are the Western Plateau in Australia and the East African Plateau covering Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda.

Plateaus are very useful.

Plateaus have minerals like iron, coal, gold, and diamonds. So many mining areas are located in the plateau regions.

African plateau is famous for gold and diamond mining.

The Chhotanagpur plateau of India is rich in iron, coal, and manganese.

Some plateaus have fertile soil that is good for farming.

For example, the Deccan plateau has black soil that is good for growing cotton.

In the plateaus, there may be many waterfalls, as the river falls from a great height. These places attract tourists.

Waterfalls in India are Hundru falls in the Chhotanagpur plateau and the Jog falls in Karnataka.

Plains

Plains are large areas of flat land. These are generally not more than 200 meters above sea level.

While some plains are extremely level, the others are uneven.

Most of the plains are formed due to the rivers and their tributaries.

When the rivers flow down the mountains they carry the materials like stones and sand of the mountains.

Then the rivers deposit those materials in the valleys. From these deposits, the plains are formed.

Some of the largest plains made by the rivers are Ganga and Brahmaputra in India and the river Yangtze in China.

Plains are useful for people to live.

This is because the plains have fertile soil that is suitable for farming.

And constructing transport facilities like roads and rail is easy on the plains.

It is also easy to build houses on the plains. So many people prefer to live in plains.

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A plateau is a highland with its top as a flat area. It is also called the tableland.

The Tibetan Plateau is the highest in the world, and the Deccan Plateau in India is one of the oldest.

African plateau is famous for gold and diamond mining. The Chhotanagpur plateau of India is rich in iron, coal, and manganese.

In India, waterfalls at the plateaus are Hundru falls in Jharkhand, and the Jog falls in Karnataka.

Plains are large areas of flat land. Most of the plains are formed due to the rivers and their tributaries.

Some of the largest plains made by the rivers are Ganga and Brahmaputra in India and the river Yangtze in China.

Most people prefer to live in the plains as these places have fertile soil, and the construction of buildings, rails, and roads is easy.

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