Snake River Plain

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geographical region physiographic province sedimentary plain volcanic plain

The Snake River Plain is a broad, arc-shaped volcanic and sedimentary lowland in southern Idaho, formed by the movement of the North American Plate over the Yellowstone hotspot and now a major agricultural and geological region.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Snake River Plain canonical	14
Snake River Plain margin	1
eastern Snake River Plain	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	geographical region ⓘ physiographic province ⓘ sedimentary plain ⓘ volcanic plain ⓘ
age	Cenozoic ⓘ
climate	semi-arid ⓘ
contains	Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve ⓘ Idaho National Engineering Laboratory ⓘ surface form: INL Site Snake River Birds of Prey National Conservation Area ⓘ Snake River Canyon ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
dominantRockType	basalt ⓘ
extendsFrom	Oregon–Idaho border near Boise ⓘ
extendsTo	northwestern Wyoming near Yellowstone ⓘ
formedBy	movement of the North American Plate over the Yellowstone hotspot ⓘ
geologicalOrigin	Yellowstone hotspot track ⓘ surface form: Yellowstone hotspot
hasAquifer	Eastern Snake River Plain Aquifer ⓘ
hasFeature	basalt flows ⓘ lava fields ⓘ rift zones ⓘ sedimentary basins ⓘ shield volcanoes ⓘ
hasGeologicalType	sedimentary ⓘ volcanic ⓘ
hasSection	central Snake River Plain ⓘ Snake River Plain self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: eastern Snake River Plain western Snake River Plain ⓘ
hasShape	arc-shaped ⓘ
hasTectonicSetting	intraplate hotspot track ⓘ
importantFor	geological research ⓘ hydrology of the Snake River basin ⓘ
irrigatedBy	Snake River ⓘ reservoirs and canal systems ⓘ
isHotspotTrackOf	Yellowstone hotspot track ⓘ surface form: Yellowstone hotspot
isLowland	true ⓘ
isMajorAgriculturalRegion	true ⓘ
knownFor	dairy production ⓘ fertile soils ⓘ potato production ⓘ
locatedIn	Idaho ⓘ
locatedInRegion	southern Idaho ⓘ
locatedOnContinent	North America ⓘ
majorCityOnPlain	Boise ⓘ Idaho Falls ⓘ Pocatello ⓘ Twin Falls, Idaho ⓘ surface form: Twin Falls
orientation	southwest–northeast ⓘ
partOf	Basin and Range Province ⓘ
traversedBy	Snake River ⓘ
usedFor	agriculture ⓘ

Referenced by (16)

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

Snake River → hasNotableFeature → Snake River Plain ⓘ

Owyhee Desert → adjacentTo → Snake River Plain ⓘ

Intermontane Plateaus → includes → Snake River Plain ⓘ

Blue Mountains → westernBoundaryOf → Snake River Plain ⓘ

subject surface form: Blue Mountains (Pacific Northwest)

Great Basin Desert → borderedBy → Snake River Plain ⓘ

Intermountain West → contains → Snake River Plain ⓘ

Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve → region → Snake River Plain ⓘ

Pocatello → locatedNear → Snake River Plain ⓘ

Gooding County, Idaho → locatedIn → Snake River Plain ⓘ

Snake River Plain → hasSection → Snake River Plain self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: eastern Snake River Plain

Cassia County, Idaho → locatedIn → Snake River Plain ⓘ

Shoshone Falls → geologicalProvince → Snake River Plain ⓘ

Magic Valley → partOf → Snake River Plain ⓘ

Snake River Canyon → geologicalFeatureOf → Snake River Plain ⓘ

Bruneau River → region → Snake River Plain ⓘ

this entity surface form: Snake River Plain margin

southern Idaho → contains → Snake River Plain ⓘ

subject surface form: Southern Idaho