Dissected Till Plains

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The Dissected Till Plains are a region of deeply eroded glacial deposits and rolling hills in the central United States, primarily across parts of the Midwest.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Dissected Till Plains canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf glaciated landform region
physiographic region
borderedBy Great Plains
surface form: Central Till Plains

Driftless Area
Loess Hills
Osage Plains
characterizedBy deeply dissected glacial deposits
moderate local relief
rolling hills
well-developed drainage networks
climateType humid continental climate
containsFeature Missouri River valley bluffs
broad interfluves
loess-capped ridges
narrow stream valleys
dominantMaterial glacial till
loess
drainedBy Mississippi River tributaries
Missouri River tributaries
extendsInto Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
Minnesota
Missouri
Nebraska
Ohio
South Dakota
Wisconsin
geomorphicProcess fluvial erosion of glacial deposits
hasGeologicOrigin Pleistocene glaciation
hasSoilType fertile mollisols
landUse intensive agriculture
locatedIn Midwestern United States
United States of America
surface form: United States
majorCrops corn
small grains
soybeans
notedFor dense rural settlement patterns
high agricultural productivity
partOf Central Lowlands
surface form: Central Lowland Province

Great Plains
surface form: Interior Plains
physiographicDivisionOf United States physiographic regions system
recognizedBy United States Geological Survey
typicalSlope gently rolling to moderately steep slopes
underlainBy Mesozoic sedimentary rocks
Paleozoic sedimentary rocks

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Doon, Iowa isInPhysiographicRegion Dissected Till Plains