Southern Plains
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The Southern Plains is a cultural and geographic region of the central United States characterized by grassland prairies, Indigenous Plains cultures, and a history of trade, ranching, and frontier settlement.
All labels observed (9)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Southern Plains canonical | 18 |
| Southern Great Plains | 7 |
| Southern Plains tribes | 3 |
| Great Plains region of Texas | 1 |
| Southern Plains cultural area | 1 |
| Southern Plains of North America | 1 |
| Texas South Plains | 1 |
| United States Southern Plains | 1 |
| southern Great Plains | 1 |
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
cultural region
ⓘ
geographic region ⓘ |
| affectedBy | Dust Bowl ⓘ |
| borders |
Upper Mississippi Valley
ⓘ
surface form:
Mississippi Valley
Great Plains ⓘ
surface form:
Northern Plains
southwestern United States ⓘ
surface form:
Southwestern United States
|
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| economicActivity |
cattle ranching
ⓘ
dryland farming ⓘ oil and gas production ⓘ |
| hasBiome | temperate grassland ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
periodic droughts
ⓘ
semi-arid climate ⓘ strong winds ⓘ susceptibility to dust storms ⓘ |
| hasCity |
Amarillo, Texas
ⓘ
Lawton, Oklahoma, United States ⓘ
surface form:
Lawton, Oklahoma
Lubbock, Texas, United States ⓘ
surface form:
Lubbock, Texas
Midland, Texas, United States ⓘ
surface form:
Midland, Texas
Wichita Falls, Texas ⓘ |
| hasEcoregion |
mixed-grass prairie
ⓘ
shortgrass prairie ⓘ |
| hasLandscape | grassland prairies ⓘ |
| historicalEra | 19th-century American frontier ⓘ |
| historicalEvent |
Comanche Wars
ⓘ
Comanche Wars ⓘ
surface form:
Kiowa–Comanche–Apache conflicts with the United States
Red River War ⓘ |
| includesRegion |
Texas Panhandle
ⓘ
eastern New Mexico ⓘ Southwestern Kansas ⓘ
surface form:
southwestern Kansas
western Oklahoma ⓘ West Texas ⓘ
surface form:
western Texas
|
| knownFor |
Indigenous Plains cultures
ⓘ
bison hunting ⓘ cattle drives ⓘ frontier settlement ⓘ horse-based nomadic cultures ⓘ ranching ⓘ trade networks ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Central United States
ⓘ
surface form:
central United States
|
| majorRiver |
Arkansas River
ⓘ
Canadian River ⓘ Red River of the South ⓘ |
| partOf | Great Plains ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 20th century ⓘ |
| traditionalHomelandOf |
Apache groups
ⓘ
Arapaho people ⓘ Comanche ⓘ
surface form:
Comanche people
Kiowa people ⓘ Southern Cheyenne ⓘ |
Referenced by (34)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Southern Great Plains
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Texas South Plains
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Southern Plains tribes
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Southern Plains cultural area
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United States Southern Plains
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Southern Plains tribes
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Southern Plains of North America
this entity surface form:
Southern Great Plains
this entity surface form:
Southern Great Plains
this entity surface form:
Southern Great Plains
this entity surface form:
Southern Great Plains
this entity surface form:
Southern Plains tribes
this entity surface form:
Southern Great Plains
this entity surface form:
Southern Great Plains
this entity surface form:
Great Plains region of Texas