Tafelland

Japanese: Tafelland
Tafelland

…The other type is the plateau, which includes the meaning of a highland summer resort, such as Shiga Plateau, Tateshina Plateau, and Kuju Plateau, and is also the name of a general tourist destination. In world geography, the term plateau is a translation of the English and French words plateau and the German word Tafelland, and is roughly synonymous with the meaning of a continental plateau. In other words, the standard topography is a broad, table-like plateau made of almost horizontal strata of ancient rocks, and is located at an altitude of 1,000 to 5,000 meters. …

*Some of the terminology that mentions "Tafelland" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…もう一つの種類は志賀高原,蓼科高原,久住高原など,高原避暑地の意味を含めた高原で,一般的観光地の呼名でもある。 世界地理的に用いられる高原は英語,フランス語のplateau,ドイツ語のTafellandの訳語であり,大陸台地の意味とほぼ同義である。すなわち古期岩層のほぼ水平な地層から成る広い卓状の台地が基準的地形であり,標高1000~5000mの高い位置にある。…

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