plateau : Idioms & Phrases


colorado plateau

  • noun a large plateau to the south and west of the Rocky Mountains; abuts mountains on the north and east and ends in an escarpment overlooking lowlands to the south and west; the Grand Canyon is carved out of the southwestern corner
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cumberland plateau

  • noun the southwestern part of the Appalachians
    Cumberland Mountains.
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laurentian plateau

  • noun a large plateau that occupies more than 40% of the land area of Canada; it extends from the Great Lakes northward to the Arctic Ocean
    Canadian Shield; Laurentian Highlands.
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ozark plateau

  • noun an area of low mountains in northwestern Arkansas and southeastern Missouri and northeastern Oklahoma
    Ozark Mountains; Ozarks.
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plateau striped whiptail

  • noun having distinct longitudinal stripes: of Colorado Plateau from Arizona to western Colorado
    Cnemidophorus velox.
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