GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

Detailed explanation-1: -The Ladakh plateau is the highest plateau of India, being over 3000m. It extends from the Himalayan to the Kunlun Ranges and includes the upper Indus River valley.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Qinghai-Tibetan plateau is the highest and largest plateau in the world. The plateau is bounded by the Himalayas in the southwest and the Kunlun and Aljin mountains in the northeast. It towers over southwestern China at an average elevation of 4000 m above sea level and is known as the roof of the world.

Detailed explanation-3: -Deosai National Park is a high-altitude alpine plain (plateau) and National Park located between Skardu District and Astore District in Gilgit-Baltistan. Deosai Plains are situated at an average elevation of 4, 114 metres (13, 497 ft) above sea level and considered as the second highest plateaus in the world.

Detailed explanation-4: -The highest point in the Deccan Plateaus is known as the Anamudi, which is a Malayam name that means ‘Elephant’s Forehead’. Anamudi is the highest mountain in the Western Ghats of India, and indeed all of South India, at 2, 479 metres.