See also:

• PLATEAU (a French term, older platel, for a flat piece of wood, metal, &c., from plat, flat)
• PLATEAU, JOSEPH ANTOINE FERDINAND (1801-1883)

PLATEAU (a See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French See also:

• TERM

term, older platel, for a See also:

• FLAT (a modification of O. Eng. flet, an obsolete word of Teutonic origin, meaning the ground beneath the feet)

flat piece of See also:

• WOOD, ANTHONY A2 (1632-1695)
• WOOD, JOHN GEORGE (1827—1889)
• WOOD, MRS HENRY [ELLEN] (1814—1887)
• WOOD, SEARLES VALENTINE (1798—188o)

wood, See also:

• METAL
• METAL (through Fr. from Lat. metallum, mine, quarry, adapted from Gr. µATaXAov, in the same sense, probably connected with ,ueraAAdv, to search after, explore, µeTa, after, aAAos, other)

metal, &c., from plat, flat)  , in See also:

• PHYSICAL

physical See also:

• GEOGRAPHY (Gr. yil, earth, and ypiickty, to write)

geography, an elevated region of level or gently undulating See also:

• LAND

land-See also:

• SURFACE

surface, the See also:

• TERM

term being synonymous with " table-land." The most clearly defined plateaus have steep flanks in contrast with their level summits, but the term does not necessarily connote a steep ascent from the surrounding See also:

• COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country . Indeed, it is applied to such diverse forms as the high-lying plains encircled by the higher elevations of the See also:

• ANDES

Andes, and to those of the See also:

• WEST
• WEST, BENJAMIN (1738-1820)
• WEST, NICHOLAS (1461-1533)

west of See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

North See also:

• AMERICA

America, which rise almost imperceptibly from the See also:

• LOW, SETH (1850- )
• LOW, WILL HICOK (1853- )

low central plains . A See also:

• PLATEAU (a French term, older platel, for a flat piece of wood, metal, &c., from plat, flat)
• PLATEAU, JOSEPH ANTOINE FERDINAND (1801-1883)

plateau may have its origin either in the upheaval of strata which preserve their See also:

• ORIGINAL

original See also:

• HORIZONTAL

horizontal position during the See also:

• PROCESS

process, or in the prolonged denudation of an originally broken surface . The two forms are distinguished respectively as Plateaus of Deposition and Plateaus of Erosion .