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Also known as high plain, tableland, table land

thumb|upright=1.25|Satellite image of the Tibetan Plateau between the Himalayan mountains to the south and the [[Taklamakan Desert to the north]]

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A plateau is a large, flat area of land that sits at a high elevation, like the Tibetan Plateau shown here nestled between mountains and desert. Plateaus matter because they cover significant portions of Earth's surface and create distinct environments that affect climate, ecosystems, and human settlement patterns.

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Image
Plato Putorana 01.jpg
Said to be same as
upland
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Commons category
Plateaus
topic's main category
Category:Plateaus by country
different from
Plateau
on focus list of Wikimedia project
Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
OpenStreetMap tag
natural=plateau
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