1.   An additional challenge is the haze of the central Mexican plateau, which is rich in carbon dioxide added from cars and factories.

2.   The Pyrenees cut it off from the rest of Europe while the meseta, its vast central plateau, discouraged cross-country travel.

3.   The Savimbis were members of the Ovimbundu farming people, who come from the Angolan central plateau.

4.   Money was then directed to agricultural programs, such as soil conservation, which led to increased crop yields on the degraded land of the central plateau.

5.   Raurimu is on the mountainous and lightly populated central plateau.

6.   The lightly populated central plateau is also dotted with ski chalets linked to nearby Mount Ruapehu, which last year staged a series of spectacular eruptions.