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45%? The article claims that 45% of the earths surface is plateaus. Does anyone else think this is extraordinarily high? I dont have any facts to the contrary so I will not alter or delete anything but someone who has some knowledge in the area should take a look. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.33.180.222 (talk • contribs) 19:16, 20 April 2007

I agree with you. If 71% of the earth is covered with oceans and if 45% actually is covered with plateaus, then there would be plateaus in the ocean and all land would be a plateau. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Gremanrooster88 (talk • contribs) 00:10, 16 January 2009 (UTC)

I agree with you 208.108.138.227 and Gremanrooster88. I am a geographer and the information about plateaus is totally incorrect. The actually percent gathers to around 10-20% 45% is way to drastic for the concept. Gremanrooster88, you are correct about how you said that if the world was 45% plateaus then there would be plateaus in the ocean and our land-plates would be mostly plateaus as well. Does anybody else have a word in this? I do not want to edit or change the article but if somebody else would that would be great. Remember to change 45% to 10-20% —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.113.79.227 (talk • contribs) 04:04, 13 April 2009

[edit] Plateaus vs Mesas

As I understand, a Plateau has lower land on one side and higher land (usually mountains) on the other. If it's completely surrounded by low land, it's a mesa, and if completely surrounded by higher land, it's a valley. Should the article be revised to reflect this, or am I completely wrong?

97.113.74.232 (talk) 14:17, 17 August 2009 (UTC)

This isn't about Plateaus and mesas, but about the plateau % discussed above, 45% of the landmass of the earth is plateaus, not the whole planet.

Wworthing 9:30am, 30 November 2009