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plateau

noun as in level; flat, often high, land

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The Lolldaiga conservancy - about 49,000 acres of hilly bushland with a backdrop of the ice-capped Mount Kenya - is part of the Laikipia plateau, where hundreds of thousands of acres were seized by the British during the colonial era, leading to land disputes which continue to this day.

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The dam - also known as the Motuo Hydropower Station - is located on the Yarlung Tsangpo river, which flows through the Tibetan plateau.

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You never really get to just rest in a plateau of joy.

The river flows through the Tibetan plateau as well as the two South Asian nations.

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Others suggest a plateau of health-related benefits begins around 7,500 steps, Raichlen said.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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