desert plateau
Flat dry highland
A desert plateau is a high, flat expanse of land in an arid region, receiving little rainfall and supporting sparse vegetation.
These elevated tablelands combine the level terrain of plateaus with desert conditions—extreme temperatures, minimal water, and exposed rock or sand.
The Colorado Plateau and parts of the Sahara are examples.
The ancient trade route crossed a vast desert plateau.
- butteIsolated flat-topped hill
- mesaFlat-topped steep-sided elevation
- flat topLevel-cropped hairstyle
- salt flatEvaporated lakebed crust
- dry riverbedChannel without current water
tableland · aridity · escarpment · reg · xerophyte · nomadism · inselberg · dust devil · erosion · indigenous knowledge · steppe · drought · pediment · barren · sagebrush · sparse vegetation · cliff · ochre
- GizaGreat Pyramid, Sphinx, Great Sphinx, Khufu, necropolis
- PlateausAltiplano, tableland, mesa, tablelands, Pamirs
- scenic viewpointsmountaintop, summit, peak, overlook, observation deck
- Arabian geographyArabian Sea, Persian Gulf, Red Sea, Gulf of Oman, Strait of Hormuz
- Algerian SaharaSahara, Tassili n'Ajjer, reg, oasis towns
- NegevNegev, Beersheba, spice route, Bedouin, kibbutz
desert plateauvalley
Low ground between heights
canyon · gorge · lowland · river valley · basin
desert plateauswamp
Waterlogged land with vegetation
rainforest · wetland · marsh · bog · floodplain
desert plateausand dunes
Wind-sculpted sediment formations
erg · badlands · mountain range · rugged peaks · rolling hills