- Base your answer to the following question on the information below.
A mountain is a landform with steeply sloping sides whose peak is usually thousands of feet
higher
than its base. Mountains often contain a
great deal of nonsedimentary rock and have
distorted rock structures caused by faulting
and folding of the crust.
A plateau is a broad, level area at a high elevation. It usually has an undistorted, horizontal rock
structure. A plateau may have steep slopes as a
result of erosion.
State the approximate age of the surface bedrock of the Catskills.