He stood on a small plateau area that was enclosed by a low wall.
It is on a hill (a plateau area), and its margins are dissected by dry valleys.
The central plateau area is relatively flat, at an altitude of 1500-1600m, rising gently to the north and east, and covering about 4km2.
They're specimens from the plateau area, many of them alive, and there may be some new things among them.
The Toltecs flourished in the south-central plateau area from the 10th into the 12th century.
The slopes on either side are made up of a mixture of clays and other elements that have come down from the plateau areas.
The plateau areas are covered in a thin layer of clay-sand silt that has been deposited there by the wind.
The Highveld is the eastern plateau area of South Africa.
The higher plateau areas have pather soils, which contain more gravel.
Aloes are common, and on the higher plateau areas of the Ogo are woodlands.