Northern Plateau of the Iberian Peninsula

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geographical region natural region of Spain plateau

The Northern Plateau of the Iberian Peninsula is a high, extensive inland plain in north-central Spain characterized by continental climate, cereal agriculture, and historic Castilian cities.

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All labels observed (7)

Label Occurrences
Northern Meseta of Spain 4
Castilian Plateau 3
Northern Meseta of the Iberian Peninsula 2

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf geographical region ⓘ
natural region of Spain ⓘ
plateau ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Meseta Central ⓘ
surface form: Meseta Norte

Northern Submeseta ⓘ
surface form: Northern Meseta
borderedBy Cordillera Cantábrica ⓘ
surface form: Cantabrian Mountains

Central System ⓘ
Galician Massif ⓘ
Sistema Ibérico ⓘ
climate continental climate ⓘ
climateCharacteristic cold winters ⓘ
hot summers ⓘ
low annual precipitation ⓘ
containsCity Burgos ⓘ
León ⓘ
Palencia ⓘ
Salamanca ⓘ
Segovia ⓘ
Valladolid ⓘ
Zamora ⓘ
Ávila ⓘ
country Spain ⓘ
culturalSignificance core area of historic Castile ⓘ
dominantLandUse cereal agriculture ⓘ
economicActivity extensive agriculture ⓘ
livestock grazing ⓘ
geology sedimentary basin infill ⓘ
historicalRegion Kingdom of León ⓘ
Old Castile ⓘ
landscapeCharacteristic large dry-farmed fields ⓘ
open treeless plains ⓘ
languageHistoricallyAssociated Peninsular Spanish ⓘ
surface form: Castilian Spanish
locatedIn Iberian Peninsula ⓘ
north-central Spain ⓘ
mainCrops barley ⓘ
rye ⓘ
wheat ⓘ
mainRiverBasins Douro basin ⓘ
Tagus Basin ⓘ
surface form: Tagus basin
modernAdministrativeRegion Castile and León ⓘ
Autonomous community of Castile-La Mancha ⓘ
surface form: Castilla-La Mancha (northern part)
partOf Meseta Central ⓘ
interior of the Iberian Peninsula ⓘ
populationPattern concentration in historic cities and small villages ⓘ
soilType poor to medium-fertility soils ⓘ
surfaceMaterial Tertiary sediments ⓘ
transportRole crossed by major road and rail corridors of Spain ⓘ
typicalElevation 700–900 metres above sea level ⓘ

Referenced by (14)

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

Province of Valladolid → locatedOn → Northern Plateau of the Iberian Peninsula ⓘ
Pisuerga River → region → Northern Plateau of the Iberian Peninsula ⓘ
this entity surface form: Northern Meseta of Spain
Madrigal de las Altas Torres → hasCulturalRegion → Northern Plateau of the Iberian Peninsula ⓘ
this entity surface form: Castilian Meseta
Medina del Campo → locatedIn → Northern Plateau of the Iberian Peninsula ⓘ
this entity surface form: Northern Meseta of Spain
Sistema Central → separates → Northern Plateau of the Iberian Peninsula ⓘ
Northern Submeseta → contains → Northern Plateau of the Iberian Peninsula ⓘ
this entity surface form: Castilian Plateau
Battle of Simancas → militaryTheater → Northern Plateau of the Iberian Peninsula ⓘ
this entity surface form: northern Meseta of the Iberian Peninsula
Cigales → locatedIn → Northern Plateau of the Iberian Peninsula ⓘ
this entity surface form: Northern Meseta of Spain
City of Valladolid → partOf → Northern Plateau of the Iberian Peninsula ⓘ
this entity surface form: Castilian Plateau
Simancas → locatedIn → Northern Plateau of the Iberian Peninsula ⓘ
this entity surface form: Northern Meseta of the Iberian Peninsula
Tierra de Campos → partOf → Northern Plateau of the Iberian Peninsula ⓘ
this entity surface form: Northern Meseta of the Iberian Peninsula
Montes Torozos → hasCulturalRegion → Northern Plateau of the Iberian Peninsula ⓘ
this entity surface form: Castilian Plateau
Province of Burgos → locatedIn → Northern Plateau of the Iberian Peninsula ⓘ
this entity surface form: Castilian Plateau (partly)
Mayorga → locatedIn → Northern Plateau of the Iberian Peninsula ⓘ
this entity surface form: Northern Meseta of Spain