Name: Plateaus and their characteristics
Uploaded: 2019-07-19
Duration: 3 min 57 s
Description: Plateaus are landforms found on the earth’s surface. Where are they found, how do they come to look the way they do, and why are they important?

Question

On the outline map of the world mark and label the following:

The Himalayas, Pampas, Rockies mountains, Andes mountains. Prairies, Aravallis, Pampas, and Atlas mountains.

Accepted Answer

The Himalayas: The Himalayas are the great mountain system of Asia separating the plains of the Indian subcontinent from the Plateau of Tibet.

Pampas: Pampas are the grassy plains in Argentina.

Rockies: They are the major mountain range of North America.

Andes: The Andes is the largest continental mountain range in the world.

Prairies: Prairies are flat grasslands with moderate temperatures.

Aravallis: The Aravallis are the mountain ranges in North-Western India.

Atlas mountains: Atlas mountains are the mountain ranges of Africa separating the Mediterranean and Atlantic coastline from the Sahara desert.

On the outline map of the world mark and label the following:

The Himalayas, Pampas, Rockies mountains, Andes mountains. Prairies, Aravallis, Pampas, and Atlas mountains.

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