Arizona transition zone

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ecoregion physiographic region

The Arizona transition zone is a geologic and ecological region in central Arizona that forms a rugged boundary between the high Colorado Plateau to the north and the lower Basin and Range province to the south.

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Label Occurrences
Arizona transition zone canonical 3

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ecoregion ⓘ
physiographic region ⓘ
adjacentTo Basin and Range Province ⓘ
Colorado Plateau ⓘ
biodiversitySignificance supports high species diversity due to overlap of biomes ⓘ
climateType continental influences at higher elevations ⓘ
desert influences at lower elevations ⓘ
semi-arid ⓘ
contains Bradshaw Mountains ⓘ
Mazatzal Mountains ⓘ
Mogollon Rim ⓘ
Payson area ⓘ
Prescott area ⓘ
Superstition Mountains ⓘ
Tonto Basin ⓘ
Verde Valley ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
dominantRockTypes igneous rocks ⓘ
metamorphic rocks ⓘ
sedimentary rocks ⓘ
drainedBy Gila River tributaries ⓘ
Salt River ⓘ
Tonto Creek ⓘ
Verde River ⓘ
ecologicalRole biogeographic transition between temperate and desert ecosystems ⓘ
formsBoundaryBetween Basin and Range Province ⓘ
Colorado Plateau ⓘ
geologicProvince Transition zone between Colorado Plateau and Basin and Range ⓘ
geologicSignificance marks structural transition from stable plateau to extended basin-and-range crust ⓘ
hasFeature canyons ⓘ
mesas ⓘ
mountain ranges ⓘ
steep escarpments ⓘ
highestPoint mountain ranges along the Mogollon Rim ⓘ
locatedIn Arizona ⓘ
locatedInRegion central Arizona ⓘ
partOf Intermontane Plateaus ⓘ
relativeElevation between Colorado Plateau and Basin and Range ⓘ
separates Basin and Range Province ⓘ
Colorado Plateau ⓘ
stateSubdivisionOf Arizona physiographic regions ⓘ
terrainType rugged ⓘ
usedIn ecoregion classification of the American Southwest ⓘ
physiographic regionalization of Arizona ⓘ
vegetationType chaparral ⓘ
desert scrub at lower elevations ⓘ
pinyon-juniper woodland ⓘ
ponderosa pine forest patches ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

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

Mogollon Rim → partOf → Arizona transition zone ⓘ
Bradshaw Mountains region → partOf → Arizona transition zone ⓘ
Bradshaw Mountains → partOf → Arizona transition zone ⓘ