The plateau is covered entirely by Cerrado, a biologically rich savanna and grassland ecosystem. The OLI-2 (Operational Land Imager-2) on Landsat 9 captured this image of the landform on May 19, 2025.

The plateau is covered entirely by Cerrado, a biologically rich savanna and grassland ecosystem.The OLI-2 (Operational Land Imager-2) on Landsat 9 captured this image of the landform on May 19, 2025.

Certain high landforms such as southern Africa’s Drakensberg escarpment (shown) may form when waves in Earth’s mantle gradually excoriate a continent’s keel, buoying up the surface.

Laoniu Bay has typical characteristics of the Loess Plateau landform, it's the only confluence of the Yellow River and the Great Wall. The Yellow River flows southward through Laoniu Bay, while ...

As of now, the archaeological excavation area covers 1,650 square meters, with over 60 tombs unearthed, as well as more than ...

An escarpment is a steep slope or long cliff and a plateau is a flat, elevated landform. Now scientists say they have found why and how parts of continents slowly rise to form these landforms.