Home›More›Subcategories›Plateaus and HighlandsSubcategoriesPlateaus and Highlands15 of 287 entries in Landforms. Click any to see everything it connects to.Citation FormatsGeneral ReferenceGeneral Reference Citation TextGeography Atlas. "Plateaus and Highlands." Accessed September 6, 2026. https://geography.interactiveatlas.org/subcategories/landform/plateaus-and-highlands.Copy General ReferenceAPA StyleAPA Style Citation TextGeography Atlas. (n.d.). Plateaus and Highlands. Retrieved September 6, 2026, from https://geography.interactiveatlas.org/subcategories/landform/plateaus-and-highlandsCopy APA StyleBibTeXBibTeX Citation Text@misc{geographyatlas-plateaus-and-highlands, author = {Geography Atlas}, title = {Plateaus and Highlands}, year = {2026}, url = {https://geography.interactiveatlas.org/subcategories/landform/plateaus-and-highlands}, note = {Accessed September 6, 2026} }Copy BibTeXReference and ClassificationDevelopingElevated, relatively flat expanses of land raised well above the surrounding terrain, such as the Tibetan Plateau. Belongs here: a named plateau or highland region. Does not belong here: a mountain range, which rises to distinct peaks rather than a broad raised surface, or a valley cut into a plateau, held under Valleys and Rift Systems.Comments (0)Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)BrowseCompareSelect all 15AltiplanoPlateaus and Highlands1 linkAnatolian PlateauPlateaus and Highlands1 linkButtePlateaus and Highlands1 linkCuestaPlateaus and Highlands1 linkEscarpmentPlateaus and Highlands1 linkHogbackPlateaus and Highlands1 linkLava PlateauPlateaus and Highlands1 linkMesaPlateaus and Highlands1 linkPiedmont PlateauPlateaus and Highlands1 linkPlateauPlateaus and Highlands1 linkTablelandPlateaus and Highlands1 linkThe Colorado PlateauPlateaus and Highlands2 linksThe Deccan PlateauPlateaus and Highlands2 linksThe Ethiopian HighlandsPlateaus and Highlands2 linksThe Tibetan PlateauPlateaus and Highlands13 linksComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.View At A Past YearThe atlas records no dated fact of its own for this entry, so there is no other year to choose.Show This Year