Northern Submeseta

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Northern Submeseta is the northern portion of Spain’s central plateau, characterized by its high elevation plains and continental climate.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Northern Submeseta canonical 2
Northern Meseta 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (30)

Predicate Object
instanceOf geographical region
plateau
borderedBy Cantabrian Mountains
Sistema Central
surface form: Central System

Sistema Ibérico
climateType hot-summer Mediterranean with continental influences
contains Northern Plateau of the Iberian Peninsula
surface form: Castilian Plateau
country Spain
dominantCrops barley
cereals
wheat
dominantLandUse dryland farming
drainedBy Douro basin
surface form: Douro River basin
hasAverageElevation about 700–800 metres above sea level
hasCharacteristic continental climate
high elevation plains
hasPrecipitationPattern low to moderate annual rainfall
hasSummerCharacteristic hot summers
hasWinterCharacteristic cold winters
languageSpoken Spanish
locatedIn Iberian Peninsula
central Spain
locatedInAdministrativeRegion Castile and León
Castile-La Mancha
majorEconomicActivity agriculture
livestock grazing
partOf Meseta Central
soilType poor, often thin soils
terrainType broad open plains
gently undulating relief

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

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

Meseta Central hasSubregion Northern Submeseta
Montes Torozos partOf Northern Submeseta
Northern Plateau of the Iberian Peninsula alsoKnownAs Northern Submeseta
this entity surface form: Northern Meseta