Intermountain West

E138502

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.

All labels observed (11)

How this entity was disambiguated

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)

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (72)

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

south-central Idaho locatedIn Intermountain West
South Salt Lake partOf Intermountain West
this entity surface form: United States Intermountain West region
Promontory Mountains locatedIn Intermountain West
Bluffdale locatedIn Intermountain West
this entity surface form: United States Intermountain West
Brigham City, Utah region Intermountain West
Gunnison Island locatedIn Intermountain West
Sweetwater County locatedIn Intermountain West
this entity surface form: United States Interior West
Natural History Museum of Utah regionServed Intermountain West
Idaho Territory locatedIn Intermountain West
this entity surface form: Mountain West
Horse Ranch Mountain region Intermountain West
Farmington, Utah isPartOf Intermountain West
this entity surface form: United States Intermountain West region
Utah State Aggies football region Intermountain West
Pleasant Grove, Utah locatedIn Intermountain West
North Salt Lake, Utah locatedInRegion Intermountain West
Woods Cross, Utah locatedIn Intermountain West
this entity surface form: United States Intermountain West
Mapleton, Utah isInRegion Intermountain West
Utah English associatedWith Intermountain West
Summit County, Colorado partOf Intermountain West
this entity surface form: United States Mountain West
Gilbert Peak (Utah) region Intermountain West
northwestern Nevada partOf Intermountain West
Colorado Plateau transition zone partOf Intermountain West
this entity surface form: Intermountain West physiographic system
Green River, Wyoming, United States region Intermountain West
subject surface form: Green River, Wyoming