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A mountain is an elevated area of land, higher than a hill, with sloping sides, a plateau is a fairly flat area above surrounding land and a plain is a large, flat area of land usually without trees.

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A plateau is a flat topped mountain or elevated area with a flat top. A mountain is tall. elevated, pointed structure.
While mountains and plateaus are both elevated, plateaus are flat, whereas mountains slope.

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A plateau is a raised area of flat land, used for irrigation and farming. On the other hand, a mountain is formed from the movement of plates underneath the earths surface, which, when they meet, push against each other and get pushed upwards, creating a mountain.

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a mountain is a huge landmass which rises more than 900m above the mean sea level.whereas a plateau is a highland with steep slopes and a large summit area which rises abruptly from the surrounding region.

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Very much so!

A plateau is like a mountain with the top cut off.

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retard a mountain is highly elevated wheras a plain is the lowest elevated and most flat.

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A mountain has a very high altitude and a plateau has steep sides

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what is difference between a mountain and a plateau

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