San Luis Valley

E106573
high-altitude basin valley

San Luis Valley is a high-altitude, agriculturally rich basin in southern Colorado known for its expansive plains, surrounding mountain ranges, and significant Hispanic and Native American cultural heritage.

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All labels observed (6)

Label Occurrences
San Luis Valley canonical 21
San Luis Valley region 4
San Luis Basin 1

Statements (54)

Predicate Object
instanceOf high-altitude basin ⓘ
valley ⓘ
borderedBy San Juan Mountains ⓘ
Sangre de Cristo Mountains ⓘ
climateType cold desert steppe ⓘ
contains Alamosa National Wildlife Refuge ⓘ
Baca National Wildlife Refuge ⓘ
Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve ⓘ
Monte Vista National Wildlife Refuge ⓘ
San Luis State Wildlife Area ⓘ
San Luis Valley aquifer system ⓘ
Alamosa, Colorado ⓘ
surface form: town of Alamosa

town of Center, Colorado ⓘ
town of Del Norte ⓘ
Monte Vista, Colorado ⓘ
surface form: town of Monte Vista

town of San Luis, Colorado ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
drainedBy Rio Grande ⓘ
elevation approximately 2300–2400 meters above sea level ⓘ
hasCharacteristic agriculturally rich ⓘ
expansive plains ⓘ
high elevation ⓘ
semi-arid climate ⓘ
hasCounty Alamosa County, Colorado ⓘ
surface form: Alamosa County

Conejos County ⓘ
Costilla County ⓘ
Mineral County, Nevada ⓘ
surface form: Mineral County (partial)

Rio Grande County ⓘ
Saguache County, Colorado ⓘ
surface form: Saguache County
hasCulturalHeritage Hispanic ⓘ
Native American ⓘ
hasEconomicActivity agriculture ⓘ
ranching ⓘ
tourism ⓘ
hasFeature closed basin in its northern part ⓘ
hasHighestPoint surrounding mountain ranges ⓘ
hasHistoricCommunity San Luis, oldest continuously inhabited town in Colorado ⓘ
hasIssue groundwater depletion concerns ⓘ
water rights conflicts ⓘ
hasRiver Alamosa River ⓘ
Conejos River ⓘ
Rio Grande ⓘ
Saguache Creek ⓘ
historicallyInhabitedBy Apache groups ⓘ
Navajo people ⓘ
surface form: Navajo people (nearby influence)

Ute people ⓘ
isImportantFor migratory bird habitat ⓘ
knownFor alfalfa production ⓘ
barley production ⓘ
center-pivot irrigation ⓘ
potato farming ⓘ
locatedIn Colorado ⓘ
locatedInRegion Southern Colorado ⓘ
partOf Upper Rio Grande Basin ⓘ

Referenced by (29)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Southern Colorado → hasRegion → San Luis Valley ⓘ
Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve → locatedIn → San Luis Valley ⓘ
Rio Grande Rift → contains → San Luis Valley ⓘ
this entity surface form: San Luis Basin
Trinidad State College → serviceArea → San Luis Valley ⓘ
this entity surface form: San Luis Valley region
Adams State University → locatedIn → San Luis Valley ⓘ
Adams State University → regionServed → San Luis Valley ⓘ
this entity surface form: San Luis Valley region
Western Colorado → contains → San Luis Valley ⓘ
Alamosa, Colorado → locatedIn → San Luis Valley ⓘ
Alamosa County, Colorado → locatedIn → San Luis Valley ⓘ
Rio Grande County, Colorado → partOf → San Luis Valley ⓘ
Monte Vista, Colorado → locatedIn → San Luis Valley ⓘ
Monte Vista, Colorado → isPartOf → San Luis Valley ⓘ
this entity surface form: San Luis Valley region
Conejos County, Colorado → locatedIn → San Luis Valley ⓘ
Conejos County, Colorado → hasRegion → San Luis Valley ⓘ
Costilla County, Colorado → partOf → San Luis Valley ⓘ
Costilla County, Colorado → hasFeature → San Luis Valley ⓘ
Saguache County, Colorado → partOf → San Luis Valley ⓘ
Saguache County, Colorado → contains → San Luis Valley ⓘ
Intermountain West → contains → San Luis Valley ⓘ
this entity surface form: San Luis Valley (often included physiographically)
Fort Garland Museum & Cultural Center → partOf → San Luis Valley ⓘ
this entity surface form: San Luis Valley region
Medano Pass → drainageDivideBetween → San Luis Valley ⓘ
Zapata Falls Recreation Area vicinity → near → San Luis Valley ⓘ
U.S. Route 285 → crosses → San Luis Valley ⓘ
Hispano → demographicCenter → San Luis Valley ⓘ
this entity surface form: San Luis Valley of Colorado
New Mexican Spanish → region → San Luis Valley ⓘ
Rio Grande National Forest → contains → San Luis Valley ⓘ
this entity surface form: San Luis Valley (portions)
Challenger Point → isVisibleFrom → San Luis Valley ⓘ
Ellingwood Point → isVisibleFrom → San Luis Valley ⓘ
Alamosa campus → locatedIn → San Luis Valley ⓘ