Tag:natural=plateau
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 natural = plateau
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A flat highland area 
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natural=plateau is used to tag a tableland or small plateau: an area elevated above the surrounding terrain with a flat top.
For flat-top hills and mountains surrounded by cliffs, see natural=mesa and natural=butte
See plateau on Wikipedia and compare with mesa on Wikipedia and butte on Wikipedia
For a ridge use natural=ridge. For a peak use natural=peak.
Mapping
- As a node: place a node at the center of the landform. This is usually the preferable method of mapping, and the only recommended method when the tableland, mesa or plateau does not have clearly defined boundaries.
- As an area: not recommended. Some mappers have added plateaus as areas. However, landforms should only be mapped as areas when they have sharp boundaries, such as a mesa or butte surrounded by cliffs. For these features use natural=mesa (wide) and natural=butte (narrow).
Caution
- It is not recommended to create large areas or multipolygon relations to map large plateaus, many of which lack verifiable borders. For example, all of the large plateaus in this list from wikipedia lack verifiable boundaries: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plateau#Large_plateaus