Interior Plateau

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The Interior Plateau is a large, elevated region in south-central British Columbia characterized by rolling plateaus, river valleys, and a mix of forest and grassland ecosystems.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf geographical region
physiographic region
plateau
borderedBy Cariboo Mountains
Coast Mountains
Columbia Mountains
Fraser Plateau
Okanagan Valley
surface form: Okanagan Plateau

Rocky Mountain Trench
Thompson Plateau
containsCity Kamloops
Merritt
Prince George
Williams Lake NERFINISHED
containsRegion Cariboo region
surface form: Cariboo

Chilcotin region
surface form: Chilcotin

Okanagan
Thompson Country
country Canada
drainedBy Chilcotin River
Fraser River
Quesnel River
Thompson River
elevationRange approximately 500–1500 metres above sea level
geologicalOrigin uplifted and eroded volcanic and sedimentary rocks
hasBiome bunchgrass steppe
temperate coniferous forest
hasClimate continental climate
semi-arid in some valleys
hasEcosystem forest
grassland
hasFeature glacially modified terrain
lacustrine deposits
sagebrush grasslands
hasLandform river valleys
rolling plateaus
inhabitedBy Nlaka'pamux
surface form: Nlaka’pamux

Secwepemctsín (Shuswap)
surface form: Secwepemc

Colville-Okanagan
surface form: Syilx Okanagan

Tsilhqot’in
locatedIn British Columbia
locatedInRegion south-central British Columbia
partOf North American Cordillera
surface form: Canadian Cordillera

Interior of British Columbia
North American Cordillera
surface form: Western Cordillera of North America
usedFor agriculture
forestry
mining
ranching

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Fraser River passesThroughRegion Interior Plateau
Fraser Canyon passesThrough Interior Plateau
Gitxsan culturalRegion Interior Plateau
this entity surface form: Interior Plateau fringe
Pacific Ranges adjacentTo Interior Plateau
Interior Plateau of British Columbia isPartOfEcoprovince Interior Plateau
this entity surface form: Interior Plateau Ecoprovince (in some ecological classifications)
Pacific Coast Ranges separatedBy Interior Plateau
Chilcotin Ranges easternBoundary Interior Plateau
Interior Ranges borderedBy Interior Plateau
Nechako River locatedIn Interior Plateau
Nechako River flowsThrough Interior Plateau
Nechako River sourceRegion Interior Plateau
Chilcotin River drainageBasin Interior Plateau
Duck River locatedInEcoregion Interior Plateau
Secwepemc people partOf Interior Plateau
this entity surface form: Interior Plateau region
Interior Salish peoples ethnicGroupOf Interior Plateau
this entity surface form: Interior Plateau region
Interior Salish peoples traditionalRegion Interior Plateau
Williams Lake, British Columbia locatedIn Interior Plateau
Northern British Columbia contains Interior Plateau
Nicola River locatedIn Interior Plateau
Central Basin ecoregion Interior Plateau
this entity surface form: Interior Plateau ecoregion
Carrier (Dakelh) locatedIn Interior Plateau