Intermountain West

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physiographic region region of the United States

The Intermountain West is a region of the western United States characterized by its arid basins, high plateaus, and mountain ranges situated between the Rocky Mountains and the Sierra Nevada/Cascade ranges.

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All labels observed (11)

Label Occurrences
Intermountain West canonical 55
Mountain West 3
United States Interior West 3

Statements (73)

Predicate Object
instanceOf physiographic region ⓘ
region of the United States ⓘ
borderedBy Cascade Range ⓘ
Rocky Mountains ⓘ
Sierra Nevada ⓘ
climateType continental (in many areas) ⓘ
contains Basin and Range Province ⓘ
Cache Valley ⓘ
Colorado Plateau ⓘ
Great Basin ⓘ
Great Salt Lake ⓘ
Gunnison Basin ⓘ
Jarbidge Mountains ⓘ
Lake Tahoe Nevada State Park ⓘ
surface form: Lake Tahoe (eastern shore region context)

Las Vegas Valley ⓘ
surface form: Las Vegas Valley (physiographic context)

Mojave Desert ⓘ
surface form: Mojave Desert (parts)

Oquirrh Mountains ⓘ
Ruby Mountains ⓘ
Salt Lake Valley ⓘ
San Luis Valley ⓘ
surface form: San Luis Valley (often included physiographically)

Snake River ⓘ
Snake River Plain ⓘ
Snake River Plain volcanic fields ⓘ
Sonoran Desert ⓘ
surface form: Sonoran Desert (northern parts)

Uinta Mountains ⓘ
Wasatch Range ⓘ
Wyoming Basin ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
dominantLandUse irrigated agriculture ⓘ
mining ⓘ
ranching ⓘ
dominantVegetation pinyon-juniper woodland ⓘ
sagebrush steppe ⓘ
drainageCharacteristic endorheic basins (in Great Basin) ⓘ
internal drainage basins ⓘ
elevationRange from low desert basins to high plateaus and mountains ⓘ
geologicFeature Basin and Range faulting ⓘ
Cenozoic volcanism ⓘ
extensional tectonics ⓘ
hasCharacteristic arid climate ⓘ
semi-arid climate ⓘ
hasLandform basins ⓘ
high plateaus ⓘ
mountain ranges ⓘ
hasProtectedArea Arches National Park ⓘ
Bryce Canyon National Park ⓘ
Canyonlands National Park ⓘ
Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve ⓘ
Grand Canyon National Park ⓘ
surface form: Grand Canyon National Park (plateau region context)

Great Basin National Park ⓘ
Zion National Park ⓘ
includesStateOrPartOf Arizona ⓘ
Colorado ⓘ
Idaho ⓘ
Montana ⓘ
Nevada ⓘ
New Mexico ⓘ
Oregon ⓘ
Utah ⓘ
Washington ⓘ
Wyoming ⓘ
locatedBetween Cascade Range ⓘ
Rocky Mountains ⓘ
Sierra Nevada ⓘ
locatedIn western United States ⓘ
surface form: Western United States
majorCity Albuquerque ⓘ
Boise ⓘ
Colorado Springs, Colorado ⓘ
surface form: Colorado Springs

Las Vegas, Nevada ⓘ
surface form: Las Vegas

Reno ⓘ
Salt Lake City ⓘ
partOf Interior West ⓘ
timeZone Mountain Time Zone ⓘ
surface form: Mountain Time Zone (primarily)

Referenced by (72)

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

Utah → partOfRegion → Intermountain West ⓘ
Wasatch Range → partOf → Intermountain West ⓘ
High Desert → partOf → Intermountain West ⓘ
subject surface form: High Desert (Oregon)
SLC → regionServed → Intermountain West ⓘ
KSLC → servesRegion → Intermountain West ⓘ
White Pine County, Nevada → locatedIn → Intermountain West ⓘ
Doso Doyabi → region → Intermountain West ⓘ
Wyoming → locatedInRegion → Intermountain West ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mountain West
Owyhee Desert → partOf → Intermountain West ⓘ
Diocese of Utah → region → Intermountain West ⓘ
Wendover, Utah → region → Intermountain West ⓘ
Sagebrush steppe desert → locatedIn → Intermountain West ⓘ
Blue Mountains → partOf → Intermountain West ⓘ
subject surface form: Blue Mountains (Pacific Northwest)
Butte County, Idaho → locatedIn → Intermountain West ⓘ
Great Salt Lake Desert → locatedIn → Intermountain West ⓘ
Humboldt County, Nevada → partOf → Intermountain West ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States Interior West
Conejos County, Colorado → locatedIn → Intermountain West ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States interior West
Mormon pioneers → influencedRegion → Intermountain West ⓘ
Wells → locatedIn → Intermountain West ⓘ
subject surface form: Wells, Nevada
Westminster University → regionServed → Intermountain West ⓘ
High Desert → locatedIn → Intermountain West ⓘ
southern Utah → partOf → Intermountain West ⓘ
subject surface form: Southern Utah
West Jordan → locatedInRegion → Intermountain West ⓘ
Utah Utes football → region → Intermountain West ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mountain West
Powder Mountain → region → Intermountain West ⓘ
Bear River → region → Intermountain West ⓘ
Weber Canyon → region → Intermountain West ⓘ
Cedar Band of Paiutes → region → Intermountain West ⓘ
Montrose → partOf → Intermountain West ⓘ
subject surface form: Montrose, Colorado
this entity surface form: United States Interior West
Pocatello → region → Intermountain West ⓘ
Wasatch Plateau → partOf → Intermountain West ⓘ
Malheur County (partial) → isInRegion → Intermountain West ⓘ
subject surface form: Malheur County, Oregon
this entity surface form: Intermountain West (edge)
the U → regionServed → Intermountain West ⓘ
subject surface form: University of Utah
College of Fine Arts → regionServed → Intermountain West ⓘ
subject surface form: College of Fine Arts (University of Utah)
Huntsman Cancer Institute → regionServed → Intermountain West ⓘ
Moran Eye Center → regionServed → Intermountain West ⓘ
Idaho State University → regionServed → Intermountain West ⓘ
West Yellowstone, Montana → partOf → Intermountain West ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States Intermountain West
central Utah → partOf → Intermountain West ⓘ
subject surface form: Central Utah
Lynndyl → partOf → Intermountain West ⓘ
Garrison → regionClassification → Intermountain West ⓘ
subject surface form: Garrison, Utah
Abraham → isInRegion → Intermountain West ⓘ
subject surface form: Abraham, Utah
White City → locatedInRegion → Intermountain West ⓘ
subject surface form: White City, Utah
School of Medicine → regionServed → Intermountain West ⓘ
subject surface form: University of Utah School of Medicine
Beaver County, Utah → partOf → Intermountain West ⓘ
Holladay → climateRegion → Intermountain West ⓘ
Holladay → locatedInCountrySubdivision → Intermountain West ⓘ
this entity surface form: Intermountain West region of the United States
Leamington → region → Intermountain West ⓘ
subject surface form: Leamington, Utah
this entity surface form: Western United States
South Jordan → locatedIn → Intermountain West ⓘ
College of Engineering → regionServed → Intermountain West ⓘ
subject surface form: College of Engineering (University of Utah)