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Types of Plateaus

1) Kukenan Tepui – Venezuela
1) Kukenan Tepui – Venezuela

Kukenan tepui. A tepui / ˈ t ɛ p w i /, or tepuy (Spanish: ), is a table-top mountain or mesa found in the Guiana Highlands of South America, especially in Venezuela and western Guyana. The word tepui means "house of the gods" in the native tongue of the Pemon, the indigenous people who inhabit the Gran Sabana.

Altiplano Plateau – South America
Altiplano Plateau – South America

The Altiplano (Spanish for "high plain"), Collao (Quechua and Aymara: Qullaw, meaning "place of the Qulla"), Andean Plateau or Bolivian Plateau, in west-central South America, is the area where the Andes are the widest. It is the most extensive area of high plateau on Earth outside Tibet.

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Antarctic Plateau – Antarctica
Antarctic Plateau – Antarctica

The Antarctic Plateau, or Polar Plateau, is a large area of East Antarctica which extends over a diameter of about 1,000 kilometres (620 mi), and includes the region of the geographic South Pole and the Amundsen–Scott South Pole Station.

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Bogota Plateau – Colombia
Bogota Plateau – Colombia

A volcanic plateau is a plateau produced by volcanic activity. What is Colombia? Colombia is a country that is located in northwest South America.It has a population of 47 million people and the capital is Bogota.

Columbia Plateau – USA
Columbia Plateau – USA

Columbia Plateau, also called Columbia Intermontane, geographic region, northwestern United States. It forms part of the intermontane plateaus and is bordered east by the Northern Rocky Mountains and west by the Sierra Nevada–Cascade region.

Island in the Sky – USA
Island in the Sky – USA

Island in the Sky, also known as Between the Rivers, is the most visited and easily reached area of Canyonlands, being close to the town of Moab and Arches National Park.

Monte Roraima – South America
Monte Roraima – South America

Mount Roraima (Spanish: Monte Roraima [ˈmonte roˈɾaima], also known as aTepuy Roraima and Cerro Roraima; Portuguese: Monte Roraima [ˈmõtʃi ʁoˈɾajmɐ]) is the highest of the Pakaraima chain of tepui plateaus in South America.

Tibetan Plateau – Tibet
Tibetan Plateau – Tibet

The Indo-Australian plate continues to be driven horizontally below the Tibetan Plateau, which forces the plateau to move upwards; the plateau is still rising at a rate of approximately 5 mm (0.2 in) per year.