| MASSIFCENTRAL | Mountainous plateau of southern France (6,7) |
| KALAHARI | The large basinlike plain of the interior plateau of Southern Africa. It occupies almost all of Botswana, the eastern third of Namibia, and the northernmost part of Northern Cape province in South Afr |
| GOBI | Large desert plateau of southern Mongolia and northern China (4) |
| ATACAMADESERT | 600-mile arid plateau of northern Chile (7,6) |
| CENTRAL | Great mountainous plateau that covers almost a sixth of the surface of France (6,7) |
| MASSIF | Great mountainous plateau in southern France whose peaks include Puy de Sancy (6,7) |
| LAMANCHA | A plateau of central Spain, between the mountains of Toledo and hills of Cuenca (2,6) |
| MONTPELLIER | City of southern France, capital of Languedoc-Roussillon (11) |
| ARDENNES | Woody plateau of SE Belgium, Luxembourg and NE France (8) |
| CAMARGUE | Region of southern France between the Mediterranean and the channels of the Grand and Petit Rhone |
| MONTPELIER | State capital of Vermont, named after a city of southern France (10) |
| NIMES | Prefecture of the Gare department of Southern France, known as the 'French Rome' (5) |
| MESA | Type of plateau of western USA, named from the Spanish for 'table' (4) |
| BOGOTA | The capital of Colombia, on a Central plateau of the East Andes (6) |
| BEZIERS | Cathedral city of southern France |
| MISTRALS | Cold northerly winds of southern France |
| NICE | City of southern France (4) |
| MISTRAL | Violent northeast wind of southern France (7) |
| BISE | Cold, dry wind of southern France |
| PROVENCE | Region of southern France |
