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1. This Norwegian plateau in the counties of Hordaland, Buskerud and Telemark is the largest in Northern Europe. It has peaks of up to 1859 m.
2. This plateau in central Norway (Møre og Romsdal and Sør Trøndelag counties) has peaks up to 2286 m.
3. This plateau in Northern Norway includes settlements as Karasjok and Kautokeino and is a main area for the Lapp (Same) culture.
4. The highest point in this French plateau region is 1885 m. The region is the source of the rivers Loire, Allier, Cher and Creuse.
5. This plateau on the border between Slovenia and Italy was the scene of several battles in WW1 between Italy and Austria.
6. This plateau in Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan extends from the Caspian Sea to the Aral Sea.
7. This plateau in Central India was the seat of an ancient kingdom with capital at Ujjain.
8. This plateau in Algeria reaches 2918 m.
9. This plateau in North East Chad reaches 1311 m.
10. This plateau in Central Nigeria is a major tinbearing area and reaches 1625 m.
11. This plateau in Western Sudan (Darfur province) reaches 3088 m.
12. This plateau or highland region in USA includes several national parks, most of them in Utah. It is bordered by the Rocky Mts. in the north and east, the Sonoran desert in the south and the Great Basin in the west.
13. This plateau or highland region in West Texas, USA is the source of tributaries of the Colorado, Nueces and Rio Grande rivers.
14. This plateau extends from the Missouri River in Missouri to the Arkansas River in Oklahoma.
15. This plateau in Virginia, West Virginia, Kentucky, Alabama and Tennessee is structurally the west section of the Appalachian Mts. and a part of the Allegheny Plateau.
16. This plateau region (tableland) in South Africa is divided into Great (or Central)_____ , Little (or Southern) ______ and North _____. The Great _____ reaches 2135 m.
17. This plateau region in North West Australia has Broome and Wyndham as its chief towns.
18. This highland/plateau region in North West Argentina/Chile reaches 3960 m.
19. This vast plateau is situated east of the West Siberian Plain between the rivers Yenisey and Lena, north of Lake Baykal.
20. This vast plateau/tableland is mostly situated in Tibet, but also extends into Xinjiang Uighur, Qinghai and Sichuan. It covers 2,2 million sq.km.
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