Murge plateau

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The Murge plateau is a karst limestone highland in southern Italy characterized by rolling hills, rocky terrain, and traditional rural landscapes.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Murge karst plateau 1
Murge plateau canonical 1

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf geographical region
karst region
plateau
alsoKnownAs Le Murge
climate Mediterranean climate
continent Europe
country Italy
dominantVegetation Mediterranean scrub
pastureland
drainageType predominantly underground drainage
economicActivity agriculture
cattle grazing
sheep farming
elevationType highland
geologicalComposition limestone
geologicalEra Mesozoic
geologicalStructure Murge plateau self-linksurface differs
surface form: Murge karst plateau
hasCaves yes
hasCityNearby Altamura
Andria
Bari
Gravina in Puglia
Matera
hasProtectedArea Alta Murgia National Park
hasSubregion Murgia plateau
surface form: Alta Murgia

Murgia plateau
surface form: Bassa Murgia
hydrology karst aquifers
knownFor dry stone walls
karst sinkholes
rock-hewn churches
trulli
landUse traditional rural landscapes
languageRegion Italian
locatedIn Apulia
Basilicata
Southern Italy
surface form: southern Italy
nativeName Murge
partOf Apennine foothills
surface form: Apennine foreland
surfaceWater scarce
terrainFeature karst
rocky terrain
rolling hills
tourismType nature tourism
rural tourism
typicalAgriculture cereal crops
olive cultivation
vineyards

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Referenced by (2)

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

Apulia contains Murge plateau
Murge plateau geologicalStructure Murge plateau self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Murge karst plateau