Question

The Columbia Snake Plateau is located in
A. USA
B. Mexico
C. Argentina
D. South Africa

Answer 1

Hint: 1. The Columbia Snake Plateau is cut through by the Columbia and Snake rivers.
2. The Columbia Snake Plateau is also known as Columbia Basin.
3. The Columbia Plateau is the prominent feature of the interior Columbia River Basin.

Complete Answer:
The Columbia Plateau is located in the western part of the US. The plateau is bordered by the Northern Rocky Mountain in the east and by the Sierra Nevada-Cascade region in the west. The plateau covers an area about 10,000 square miles in Washington, Oregon and Idaho and is popular for its diverse landforms.

The plateau is uniformly covered with basaltic lava flows and the Columbia and Snake rivers drain the region. The climate is semi-arid and vegetation is limited primarily to shrubs and grass.

Let us find the correct answer,
A. The USA is the correct option as Columbia Snake Plateau is located in the northwestern region of the USA.
B. Mexico is the wrong option as the Central Mexican Plateau is located in Mexico.
C. Argentina is the wrong answer as the Atacama Plateau is located here.
D. South Africa is also the wrong option as plateau basin is found in the Great Escarpment region of South Africa.

Hence the correct answer is Option B.

Note: 1. The Columbia Plateau was formed somewhere between 6 million and 16 million years ago.
2. Most of the Columbia Plateau is underlain by lava deposits.
3. The Columbia River Plateau is home to the most hydroelectricity developed river system in the world.