The Catskills are not really mountains. They are actually part of a dissected plateau. The Wikipedia site has details on how they were formed and includes pictures.
Plateau Mountains are actually not formed by the Earth's internal activity; instead, they're revealed by erosion. They're created when running water carves deep channels into a region, creating mountains. Over billions of years, the rivers can cut deep into a plateau and make tall mountains. Plateau Mountains are usually found near folded mountains. Plateau Mountains are flat areas that have been pushed above sea levels by forces from inside the earth. An example of a plateau mountain is mountains in New Zealand. Plateau Mountains form when large areas of flat-topped rocks are pushed above the crust by tectonic plates moving together. The dictionary describes these as large areas of 'high levels' of flat land.
The Himalayan Mountains and the Tibetan Plateau are formed by the sub-continent of India colliding with Asia and are still growing.
Mongolian Plateau lays just there
erosion
These mountains formed when erosion carved out peaks and valleys from a plateau..
The Catskills are not really mountains. They are actually part of a dissected plateau. The Wikipedia site has details on how they were formed and includes pictures.
Plateau Mountains are actually not formed by the Earth's internal activity; instead, they're revealed by erosion. They're created when running water carves deep channels into a region, creating mountains. Over billions of years, the rivers can cut deep into a plateau and make tall mountains. Plateau Mountains are usually found near folded mountains. Plateau Mountains are flat areas that have been pushed above sea levels by forces from inside the earth. An example of a plateau mountain is mountains in New Zealand. Plateau Mountains form when large areas of flat-topped rocks are pushed above the crust by tectonic plates moving together. The dictionary describes these as large areas of 'high levels' of flat land.
an intermontane plateau is a plateau which is surrounded by mountains.
alps plateau
Iranian plateau
The Cumberland Plateau.
Mountains.
The Appalachians were formed by layers of sedimentary rock uplifting and folding. Basically North America collided with Europe and Northern Africa.
Plateaus can be formed by a number of processes, including, upwelling of volcanic magma, extrusion of lava, and erosion by water and glaciers.Magma rises from the mantle causing the ground to swell upward, in this way large, flat areas of rock are uplifted.When plateaus are surrounded by mountains,then Intermontane plateau are formed.eg-The Tibean plateau.
Depositonal Mountains are formed by accumulation of rocks on the earth's surface, these materials may be volcanic or carried by wind or glaciers. Esrosional Mountains(or Residual Mountains) are mountains that were carved out by extensive erosion, usually from a plateau.
cumberland plateau