Southwestern Iowa

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geographic region region

Southwestern Iowa is a region of the U.S. state of Iowa that encompasses several counties, including Pottawattamie County, and is characterized by its mix of agricultural land, small cities, and proximity to the Missouri River and Omaha metropolitan area.

Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form Occurrences
western Iowa 2
southwestern Iowa 1
southwestern Iowa, United States 1

Statements (62)

Predicate Object
instanceOf geographic region ⓘ
region ⓘ
adjacentTo Omaha–Council Bluffs metropolitan area ⓘ
surface form: Omaha metropolitan area
borderedBy Missouri River ⓘ
borders eastern Nebraska ⓘ
surface form: Eastern Nebraska

Missouri ⓘ
Nebraska ⓘ
Nodaway Valley ⓘ
surface form: Northwestern Missouri
containsAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Adams County ⓘ
Cass County ⓘ
Clarke County ⓘ
Decatur County ⓘ
Fremont County ⓘ
Guthrie County ⓘ
Harrison County ⓘ
Madison County ⓘ
Mills County ⓘ
Montgomery County ⓘ
Page County ⓘ
Pottawattamie County, Iowa ⓘ
surface form: Pottawattamie County

Ringgold County ⓘ
Shelby County ⓘ
Taylor County ⓘ
Union County ⓘ
containsSettlement Atlantic, Iowa ⓘ
Bedford, Iowa ⓘ
Clarinda, Iowa ⓘ
Council Bluffs ⓘ
surface form: Council Bluffs, Iowa

Creston, Iowa ⓘ
Glenwood, Iowa ⓘ
Greenfield, Iowa ⓘ
Guthrie Center, Iowa ⓘ
Harlan, Iowa ⓘ
Mount Ayr, Iowa ⓘ
Red Oak, Iowa ⓘ
Shenandoah, Iowa ⓘ
Sidney, Iowa ⓘ
Winterset, Iowa ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
drainageBasin Missouri River Basin ⓘ
economyBasedOn agriculture ⓘ
crop farming ⓘ
livestock production ⓘ
hasCharacteristic loess hills topography near Missouri River ⓘ
predominantly agricultural land use ⓘ
rural landscape ⓘ
small cities and towns ⓘ
hasClimate humid continental climate ⓘ
locatedIn Midwestern United States ⓘ
Iowa ⓘ
surface form: U.S. state of Iowa
locatedInTimeZone Central Time Zone ⓘ
majorCrops corn ⓘ
soybeans ⓘ
nearbyMajorCity Lincoln, Nebraska ⓘ
Omaha, Nebraska ⓘ
partOf Great Plains margin ⓘ
surface form: Great Plains periphery

Iowa ⓘ
western Iowa ⓘ
surface form: Western Iowa
transportInfrastructure Interstate 29 NERFINISHED ⓘ
Interstate 80 ⓘ
U.S. Route 34 NERFINISHED ⓘ
U.S. Route 59 NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

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

Carson, Iowa → isInRegion → Southwestern Iowa ⓘ
this entity surface form: southwestern Iowa, United States
Carson, Iowa → locatedIn → Southwestern Iowa ⓘ
this entity surface form: southwestern Iowa
Council Bluffs Municipal Airport → locatedIn → Southwestern Iowa ⓘ
this entity surface form: western Iowa
Mills County, Iowa → locatedIn → Southwestern Iowa ⓘ
Cass County, Iowa → locatedInRegion → Southwestern Iowa ⓘ
Pottawattamie County, Iowa → locatedInRegion → Southwestern Iowa ⓘ
Avoca, Iowa → partOf → Southwestern Iowa ⓘ
this entity surface form: western Iowa