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The Columbia Plateau is uniformly covered with basaltic lava flows and spans an area of about 100,000 square miles in Idaho, Washington, and Oregon.
The Plateau of Tibet is a vast region of mountains and uplands that generally sits at an elevation above 13,000 to 15,000 feet (4,000 to 5,000 meters). Specifically, the northern section of the plateau, known as the Qiangtang, maintains an average elevation of approximately 16,500 feet (5,000 meters) above sea level.12