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Which is the highest plateau in the world?

  1. Deccan Plateau
  2. Malwa Plateau
  3. Chhota Nagpur Plateau
  4. The tibet Plateau 

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Option 4 : The tibet Plateau 
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Explanation:

The largest and highest plateau in the world is the Tibetan Plateau, sometimes metaphorically described as the "roof of the world", which is still being formed by the collisions of the Indo-Australian and Eurasian tectonic plates.

  • The region lies between the Kunlun Mountains and its associated ranges to the north and the Himalayas and Karakoram Range to the south and southwest.
  • Mount Everest which is 8,850 meters above sea level on the China-Nepal border, is the world’s highest peak.

Other plateaus:-

Plateau  Country
Deccan Plateau  India
Columbia Plateau  U.S.A
Katanga Plateau  The Democratic Republic of the Congo

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