This is a platform-like landscape of volcanic lava. Basalt has a low viscosity, and when it flows from a crater, the flows overlap to form a flat lava landscape. Pingding Mountain in Xilinhaote, Inner Mongolia, is a typical example.
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(2020). Lava Plateau Landscape. In: Chen, A., Ng, Y., Zhang, E., Tian, M. (eds) Dictionary of Geotourism. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-2538-0_1374
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