Llano Estacado

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geographical region physiographic province plateau

Llano Estacado is a vast, high, and remarkably flat plateau of the southern Great Plains, spanning parts of northwest Texas and eastern New Mexico and known for its stark, semi-arid landscape.

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All labels observed (7)

Label Occurrences
Llano Estacado canonical 29
High Plains 9
Llano Estacado region 6

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf geographical region ⓘ
physiographic province ⓘ
plateau ⓘ
borders Canadian River ⓘ
surface form: Canadian River valley

Caprock Escarpment ⓘ
Pecos Valley ⓘ
surface form: Pecos River valley
climate semi-arid ⓘ
climateType continental semi-arid climate ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
elevation approximately 900 to 1,500 meters above sea level ⓘ
geology thick sequence of Cenozoic sediments ⓘ
hasFeature few natural surface streams ⓘ
playas (shallow depressions) ⓘ
hasNameOrigin Spanish language ⓘ
hasRegion eastern New Mexico ⓘ
Northwest Texas ⓘ
surface form: northwest Texas
hasVegetation shortgrass prairie ⓘ
shrubland ⓘ
historicallyInhabitedBy Apache tribes ⓘ
surface form: Apache peoples

Comanche ⓘ
surface form: Comanche people

other Plains tribes ⓘ
hydrology Ogallala Aquifer ⓘ
surface form: underlain by Ogallala Aquifer
knownFor extensive grasslands ⓘ
irrigated agriculture ⓘ
large cattle ranches ⓘ
remarkably flat topography ⓘ
stark landscape ⓘ
locatedIn New Mexico ⓘ
North America ⓘ
Southern Plains ⓘ
surface form: Southern Great Plains

Texas ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
majorCityOn Amarillo, Texas ⓘ
Clovis, New Mexico ⓘ
Lubbock, Texas, United States ⓘ
surface form: Lubbock, Texas

Midland, Texas, United States ⓘ
surface form: Midland, Texas

Odessa, Texas ⓘ
Portales, New Mexico ⓘ
nameMeaning Staked Plain ⓘ
partOf Great Plains ⓘ
High Plains region ⓘ
surface form: High Plains
receivesAnnualPrecipitation approximately 350 to 500 millimeters ⓘ
surfaceMaterial loess and alluvial deposits ⓘ
terrain flat ⓘ
high plateau ⓘ
usedFor cattle ranching ⓘ
cotton farming ⓘ
grain sorghum farming ⓘ
oil and gas production ⓘ

Referenced by (48)

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

Texas Panhandle → contains → Llano Estacado ⓘ
Curry County → locatedInRegion → Llano Estacado ⓘ
this entity surface form: High Plains
Curry County → locatedInRegion → Llano Estacado ⓘ
West Texas → contains → Llano Estacado ⓘ
De Baca County → locatedIn → Llano Estacado ⓘ
this entity surface form: Llano Estacado region
Crosbyton, Texas, United States → locatedOn → Llano Estacado ⓘ
subject surface form: Crosbyton, Texas
Torrance County, New Mexico → locatedIn → Llano Estacado ⓘ
this entity surface form: High Plains
Brazos River → sourceRegion → Llano Estacado ⓘ
Colorado River (Texas) → sourceRegion → Llano Estacado ⓘ
Canadian River → locatedIn → Llano Estacado ⓘ
this entity surface form: High Plains
Canadian River → crosses → Llano Estacado ⓘ
Black Mesa → partOf → Llano Estacado ⓘ
this entity surface form: High Plains
Lubbock → partOf → Llano Estacado ⓘ
John Martin Reservoir → region → Llano Estacado ⓘ
this entity surface form: High Plains
Blackwater Draw site → locatedIn → Llano Estacado ⓘ
Blackwater Draw site → region → Llano Estacado ⓘ
this entity surface form: Southern High Plains
U.S. Route 380 → passesNear → Llano Estacado ⓘ
Harper County → locatedInPhysiographicRegion → Llano Estacado ⓘ
this entity surface form: High Plains
Castro County → isPartOfRegion → Llano Estacado ⓘ
this entity surface form: Texas High Plains
Curry County, New Mexico → locatedInRegion → Llano Estacado ⓘ
Curry County, New Mexico → locatedInRegion → Llano Estacado ⓘ
this entity surface form: High Plains
Roosevelt County, New Mexico → isPartOf → Llano Estacado ⓘ
Littlefield, Texas, United States → partOf → Llano Estacado ⓘ
subject surface form: Littlefield, Texas
this entity surface form: Llano Estacado region
Hereford → locatedIn → Llano Estacado ⓘ
subject surface form: Hereford, Texas
Midland County → locatedInPhysiographicRegion → Llano Estacado ⓘ
this entity surface form: Llano Estacado (southern High Plains)
Dickens County → locatedOn → Llano Estacado ⓘ
Clovis, New Mexico → partOf → Llano Estacado ⓘ
Lovington → nearNaturalRegion → Llano Estacado ⓘ
this entity surface form: Llano Estacado (western edge)
Portales, New Mexico → partOf → Llano Estacado ⓘ
this entity surface form: High Plains
Walker Air Force Base (former) → locatedOn → Llano Estacado ⓘ
subject surface form: Walker Air Force Base
this entity surface form: Llano Estacado region
Seminole → locatedIn → Llano Estacado ⓘ
subject surface form: Seminole, Texas
this entity surface form: Llano Estacado region
Crosby County → hasRegion → Llano Estacado ⓘ
Fort Sumner → locatedIn → Llano Estacado ⓘ
this entity surface form: Llano Estacado region
Terry County → isOnHighPlain → Llano Estacado ⓘ
South Plains → borderedBy → Llano Estacado ⓘ
Bailey County → locatedOn → Llano Estacado ⓘ
Hockley County → locatedOn → Llano Estacado ⓘ
Dallam County → locatedIn → Llano Estacado ⓘ
this entity surface form: High Plains
Garza County → locatedIn → Llano Estacado ⓘ
this entity surface form: Llano Estacado region
Garza County → locatedInPhysiographicRegion → Llano Estacado ⓘ
Lamb County → locatedOn → Llano Estacado ⓘ
Lovington, New Mexico, United States → region → Llano Estacado ⓘ
subject surface form: Lovington, New Mexico
Potter County → locatedOn → Llano Estacado ⓘ
Lubbock, Texas, United States → locatedInRegion → Llano Estacado ⓘ
Floyd County → hasFeature → Llano Estacado ⓘ
subject surface form: Floyd County, Texas
Lynn County → isPartOf → Llano Estacado ⓘ
Cochran County → locatedInRegion → Llano Estacado ⓘ
Yoakum County → locatedIn → Llano Estacado ⓘ