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Consider the following statements regarding 'Tibetan plateau'

1) Tibetan Plateau is world's highest and largest plateau.

2) It is termed as the Third Pole.

Which of the given above statement (s) is/ are correct?

1 only

2 only

Both 1 and 2

Neither 1 nor 2

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Explanation:

Both the statements are correct.

Tibetan Plateau is sometimes called "the Roof of the World" because it stands over 3 miles (4.8 km) above sea level and is surrounded by imposing mountain ranges that harbor the world's two highest summits, Mount Everest and K2, and is the world's highest and largest plateau, with an area of 2,500,000 square kilometres (970,000 sq mi) (about five times the size of Metropolitan France).

Sometimes termed the Third Pole, the Tibetan Plateau contains the headwaters of the drainage basins of most of the streams in surrounding regions.