Columbia Plateau

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geologic region physiographic province plateau

The Columbia Plateau is a vast volcanic and sedimentary region in the Pacific Northwest known for its basalt flows, deep river canyons, and extensive agricultural lands shaped by the Columbia River and its tributaries.

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Observed surface forms (8)

Surface form Occurrences
Columbia Basin 13
Columbia River Basalt Group 4
Columbia Basin region 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf geologic region ⓘ
physiographic province ⓘ
plateau ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Columbia Plateau ⓘ
surface form: Columbia Basin
area approximately 164000 square kilometers ⓘ
boundedBy Columbia Mountains ⓘ
surface form: Bitterroot Range

Blue Mountains ⓘ
Cascade Range ⓘ
Rocky Mountains ⓘ
climateType semiarid ⓘ
contains Channeled Scablands ⓘ
Palouse region ⓘ
Walla Walla Valley ⓘ
Yakima Valley ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
dominantRockType basalt ⓘ
drainedBy Columbia River ⓘ
Deschutes River ⓘ
Snake River ⓘ
Spokane River ⓘ
Yakima River ⓘ
economicActivity hydroelectric power generation ⓘ
irrigated agriculture ⓘ
livestock grazing ⓘ
erodedBy Missoula floods ⓘ
Pleistocene glacial outburst floods ⓘ
formedBy Deccan Traps volcanism ⓘ
surface form: Columbia River Basalt Group eruptions
geologicAge Neogene ⓘ
surface form: Miocene
hasFeature basalt cliffs ⓘ
basalt flows ⓘ
coulees ⓘ
deep river canyons ⓘ
loess deposits ⓘ
Columbia Plateau self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: scablands
hasLandUse extensive agriculture ⓘ
locatedIn Idaho ⓘ
Oregon ⓘ
Pacific Northwest ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States

Washington ⓘ
majorCrops alfalfa ⓘ
apples ⓘ
barley ⓘ
potatoes ⓘ
wheat ⓘ
wine grapes ⓘ
partOf Intermontane Plateaus ⓘ
North American Cordillera ⓘ
underlainBy Columbia Plateau self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Columbia River Basalt Group

Referenced by (34)

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

Columbia Plateau → alsoKnownAs → Columbia Plateau ⓘ
this entity surface form: Columbia Basin
Great Basin → borders → Columbia Plateau ⓘ
Basin and Range Province → boundedBy → Columbia Plateau ⓘ
central Washington → contains → Columbia Plateau ⓘ
subject surface form: Central Washington
this entity surface form: Columbia Basin
eastern Washington → contains → Columbia Plateau ⓘ
subject surface form: Eastern Washington
this entity surface form: Columbia Basin
Rattlesnake Mountain → ecosystem → Columbia Plateau ⓘ
this entity surface form: Columbia Plateau shrub-steppe
Elowah Falls → geologicalSetting → Columbia Plateau ⓘ
this entity surface form: Columbia River Basalt Group
Multnomah Falls → geologicalSetting → Columbia Plateau ⓘ
this entity surface form: Columbia River Basalt Group
Columbia Plateau → hasFeature → Columbia Plateau self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: scablands
Morrow County, Oregon → hasFeature → Columbia Plateau ⓘ
this entity surface form: Columbia Plateau landscape
western United States → hasPart → Columbia Plateau ⓘ
Oregon → hasRegion → Columbia Plateau ⓘ
Jackson Park → hasWaterBody → Columbia Plateau ⓘ
this entity surface form: Columbia Basin
Intermontane Plateaus → includes → Columbia Plateau ⓘ
Multnomah people → indigenousTo → Columbia Plateau ⓘ
this entity surface form: Columbia River region
Channeled Scablands → locatedIn → Columbia Plateau ⓘ
Columbia Basin Project → locatedIn → Columbia Plateau ⓘ
this entity surface form: Columbia Basin
Electric City, Washington → locatedIn → Columbia Plateau ⓘ
Grant County, Washington → locatedIn → Columbia Plateau ⓘ
Hanford Reach National Monument → locatedIn → Columbia Plateau ⓘ
this entity surface form: Columbia Basin
Moses Lake, Washington → locatedIn → Columbia Plateau ⓘ
this entity surface form: Columbia Basin
Third Powerhouse → locatedIn → Columbia Plateau ⓘ
this entity surface form: Columbia Basin region
this entity surface form: Columbia Basin
Tri-Cities, Washington → locatedInRegion → Columbia Plateau ⓘ
this entity surface form: Columbia Basin
Douglas County, Washington → locatedOn → Columbia Plateau ⓘ
Blue Mountains → overlies → Columbia Plateau ⓘ
subject surface form: Blue Mountains (Pacific Northwest)
this entity surface form: Columbia River Basalt Group
Benton County, Washington → partOf → Columbia Plateau ⓘ
this entity surface form: Columbia Basin
Franklin County, Washington → partOf → Columbia Plateau ⓘ
this entity surface form: Columbia Basin
Palouse region → partOf → Columbia Plateau ⓘ
Rattlesnake Mountain → partOf → Columbia Plateau ⓘ
this entity surface form: Columbia Plateau physiographic province
Richland, Washington → region → Columbia Plateau ⓘ
this entity surface form: Columbia Basin
Soap Lake, Washington → region → Columbia Plateau ⓘ
this entity surface form: Columbia Basin
Columbia Basin Project → regionServed → Columbia Plateau ⓘ
Columbia Plateau → underlainBy → Columbia Plateau self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Columbia River Basalt Group