Upper Mississippi Valley

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geographic region river valley

The Upper Mississippi Valley is a region along the upper course of the Mississippi River, encompassing parts of several Midwestern U.S. states and historically significant for trade, settlement, and military activity.

Observed surface forms (7)

Surface form	As subject	As object
Upper Mississippi River region	0	6
Upper Mississippi River Valley	0	3
Upper Mississippi River basin	0	2
Upper Mississippi River valley	0	2
Upper Mississippi River Basin	0	1
Upper Mississippi River watershed	0	1
Upper Mississippi region	0	1

Statements (55)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	geographic region → river valley →
borderedBy	Interior Lowlands → surface form: Central Lowland Driftless Area → Great Plains →
contains	Fort Crawford → Fort Madison → Fort Snelling →
drainedBy	Mississippi River →
economicActivity	barge traffic → grain shipping → manufacturing → tourism →
followsCourseOf	Mississippi River → surface form: Upper Mississippi River
hasClimate	humid continental climate →
hasFeature	alluvial soils → lock and dam system → navigation channel →
hasMajorCity	Dubuque → La Crosse → Minneapolis → Minneapolis–Saint Paul → Quad Cities (Illinois portion) → surface form: Quad Cities St. Louis, Missouri, United States → surface form: St. Louis Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States → surface form: St. Paul Winona →
historicallySignificantFor	European exploration → Native American settlement → fur trade → military activity → steamboat commerce →
includesPartOf	Illinois → Iowa → Minnesota → Mississippi River → surface form: Missouri Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife and Fish Refuge → Wisconsin →
knownFor	agricultural production → blufflands and river bluffs → floodplains → river transportation → wetlands →
locatedIn	Midwestern United States → United States of America → surface form: United States
namedAfter	Mississippi River →
partOf	Mississippi River basin →
wasExploredBy	French explorers → Jacques Marquette → Louis Jolliet → Zebulon Pike →
wasInhabitedBy	Sioux people → surface form: Dakota people Ho-Chunk → surface form: Ho-Chunk people Meskwaki (Fox) → surface form: Meskwaki people Ojibwe → surface form: Ojibwe people Sauk people →

Referenced by (19)

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

Treaty of St. Louis (1816) → appliesToTerritory → Upper Mississippi Valley →

this entity surface form: Upper Mississippi River region

Illinois militia → areaOfOperations → Upper Mississippi Valley →

Minnesota River → drainageBasin → Upper Mississippi Valley →

this entity surface form: Upper Mississippi River basin

Mississippi River basin → hasPart → Upper Mississippi Valley →

this entity surface form: Upper Mississippi River basin

Mississippi River valley → hasPart → Upper Mississippi Valley →

this entity surface form: Upper Mississippi River valley

Black Hawk → historicalRegion → Upper Mississippi Valley →

this entity surface form: Upper Mississippi River Valley

Winnebago War → locatedIn → Upper Mississippi Valley →

this entity surface form: Upper Mississippi region

Red Bird uprising → location → Upper Mississippi Valley →

this entity surface form: Upper Mississippi River region

Winnebago War → mainTheaterOfWar → Upper Mississippi Valley →

this entity surface form: Upper Mississippi River valley

American Fur Company → operatedIn → Upper Mississippi Valley →

Cheyenne → originalHomeland → Upper Mississippi Valley →

this entity surface form: Upper Mississippi River region

Iowa River → partOf → Upper Mississippi Valley →

this entity surface form: Upper Mississippi River watershed

Winona, Minnesota, United States → partOf → Upper Mississippi Valley →

this entity surface form: Upper Mississippi River Valley

Wisconsin River valley → partOf → Upper Mississippi Valley →

this entity surface form: Upper Mississippi River Basin

Sauk village of Saukenuk → region → Upper Mississippi Valley →

this entity surface form: Upper Mississippi River region

Treaty of Prairie du Chien → regionAffected → Upper Mississippi Valley →

this entity surface form: Upper Mississippi River Valley

Treaty of Prairie du Chien → regionAffected → Upper Mississippi Valley →

subject surface form: Treaty of Prairie du Chien (1825)

this entity surface form: Upper Mississippi River region

Fort Crawford → regionServed → Upper Mississippi Valley →

Red Bird → residence → Upper Mississippi Valley →

this entity surface form: Upper Mississippi River region