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.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Interior Plateau canonical | 18 |
| Interior Plateau region | 2 |
| Interior Plateau Ecoprovince (in some ecological classifications) | 1 |
| Interior Plateau ecoregion | 1 |
| Interior Plateau fringe | 1 |
Statements (49)
| 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 ⓘ |
Referenced by (23)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Interior Plateau fringe
this entity surface form:
Interior Plateau Ecoprovince (in some ecological classifications)
this entity surface form:
Interior Plateau region
this entity surface form:
Interior Plateau region
this entity surface form:
Interior Plateau ecoregion