Mississippi River valley
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The Mississippi River valley is a vast, fertile lowland region in the central United States shaped by the Mississippi River, historically crucial for agriculture, trade, and settlement.
All labels observed (18)
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
geographical region
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lowland region ⓘ river valley ⓘ |
| borderedBy |
Appalachian Mountains
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Rocky Mountains ⓘ |
| characterizedBy | fertile alluvial soils ⓘ |
| climate |
humid continental climate
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humid subtropical climate ⓘ |
| contains |
bottomland hardwood forests
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floodplains ⓘ wetlands ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| drainageBasinOf | Mississippi River ⓘ |
| economicActivity |
barge transportation
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grain export ⓘ petrochemical industry ⓘ |
| formedBy | Mississippi River ⓘ |
| hasCity |
Memphis
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New Orleans ⓘ St. Louis, Missouri, United States ⓘ
surface form:
St. Louis
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| hasPart |
Mississippi River Delta region
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surface form:
Lower Mississippi River valley
Mississippi River valley self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Middle Mississippi River valley
Upper Mississippi Valley ⓘ
surface form:
Upper Mississippi River valley
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| historicallySignificantFor |
European colonization of North America
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Indigenous cultures ⓘ North American trade routes ⓘ |
| knownFor | agricultural productivity ⓘ |
| locatedIn | central United States ⓘ |
| majorCrop |
corn
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cotton ⓘ soybeans ⓘ wheat ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Mississippi River ⓘ |
| partOf |
Great Plains
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surface form:
Great Plains region
Interior Lowlands ⓘ
surface form:
Interior Plains
Mississippi River basin ⓘ |
| passesThrough |
Arkansas
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Illinois ⓘ Iowa ⓘ Kentucky ⓘ Louisiana ⓘ Minnesota ⓘ Mississippi ⓘ Missouri River ⓘ
surface form:
Missouri
Tennessee ⓘ Wisconsin ⓘ |
| subjectTo | seasonal flooding ⓘ |
| usedFor |
commercial agriculture
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river transportation ⓘ settlement ⓘ trade ⓘ |
Referenced by (91)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
American South (colonial and early national periods)
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geographicFeature
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Mississippi River valley
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this entity surface form:
Mississippi River region
this entity surface form:
Mississippi Alluvial Plain
this entity surface form:
Mississippi River region
this entity surface form:
Mississippi River region
subject surface form:
Lovers Leap (Hannibal, Missouri)
this entity surface form:
Middle Mississippi River valley
this entity surface form:
Mississippi Alluvial Plain
this entity surface form:
Upper Louisiana
this entity surface form:
Upper Louisiana
this entity surface form:
Mississippi River region
this entity surface form:
Mississippi River floodplain
this entity surface form:
Lower Mississippi Valley
this entity surface form:
Mississippi River floodplain
this entity surface form:
Mississippi River Valley
this entity surface form:
Mississippi River Valley
this entity surface form:
Mississippi River corridor
this entity surface form:
Mississippi River Valley
this entity surface form:
Mississippi River Valley
this entity surface form:
Mississippi River Valley
this entity surface form:
Mississippi River valleys
this entity surface form:
Mississippi Alluvial Plain
this entity surface form:
Arkansas Delta
this entity surface form:
Arkansas Delta
this entity surface form:
Mississippi Alluvial Plain
this entity surface form:
Mississippi River floodplain
this entity surface form:
Mississippi River Valley
this entity surface form:
Arkansas Delta
this entity surface form:
Mississippi Delta
this entity surface form:
Mississippi River Valley
this entity surface form:
Mississippi River Valley
this entity surface form:
Mississippi River Valley
this entity surface form:
Mississippi River Valley
this entity surface form:
Mississippi River Valley
this entity surface form:
Mississippi River floodplain
this entity surface form:
Mississippi Alluvial Plain
this entity surface form:
Mississippi River Valley
subject surface form:
Northeastern Louisiana
this entity surface form:
Mississippi River alluvial plain
Autobiography of Ma-ka-tai-me-she-kia-kiak, or Black Hawk
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associatedPlace
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Mississippi River valley
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this entity surface form:
Mississippi River Valley
this entity surface form:
Mississippi River Valley