Question

What is a Piedmont Plateau? How is it different from a Continental plateau? Give suitable examples to illustrate.

Answer 1

Piedmont Plateaus The plateaus which lie at the foot of the mountains are called Piedmont plateaus. These are flanked on one side by the plains or seas. The chief examples are the Colorado plateau or North America and the Patagonia Plateau of South America. Continental Plateaus The extensive and massive tablelands which rise abruptly from the bordering lowlands or from the sea are called continental plateaus. On most of their margins, there is sea. They seldom have mountainous rims. The major portions of Africa, Arabia, Spain, Australia, Peninsular India, Greenland and Antarctica are continental plateaus.