Meseta Central

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Meseta Central is a vast highland plateau in central Spain that forms the core of the Iberian Peninsula’s interior landscape.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Castilian Plateau 2

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf geographical region
natural region of Spain
plateau
borderedBy Cordillera Cantábrica
Sierra Morena
Sistema Central
Sistema Ibérico
characteristic cold winters
hot summers
low rainfall
climate continental Mediterranean climate
contains Meseta Central self-linksurface differs
surface form: Castilian Plateau

Duero Basin
Guadiana Basin
Tajo Basin
country Spain
dividedBy Sistema Central
elevation approximately 600–700 metres above sea level
extendsInto mainland Portugal
surface form: Portugal (as continuation of the Iberian Meseta)
formsCoreOf interior of the Iberian Peninsula
geology ancient Hercynian massif
hasSubregion Northern Submeseta
Southern Submeseta
highestPoint Sistema Central ranges
historicalRegion Castile-La Mancha
surface form: New Castile

Castile
surface form: Old Castile
influences climate of central Spain
landUse cereal cultivation
dry farming
livestock grazing
languageRegion Peninsular Spanish
surface form: Castilian Spanish
locatedIn Iberian Peninsula
Castile-La Mancha
surface form: central Spain
majorCity Ciudad Real
Madrid
Salamanca
Toledo
Valladolid
majorRiver Duero
Guadiana River
surface form: Guadiana

Tajo River
surface form: Tajo
partOf Spanish interior
regionIncludes Castile and León
Castile-La Mancha
surface form: Castilla-La Mancha

Community of Madrid
shape roughly rectangular
surface undulating plains

Referenced by (4)

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Iberian Peninsula contains Meseta Central
Meseta Central contains Meseta Central self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Castilian Plateau
Castile hasPart Meseta Central
this entity surface form: Castilian Plateau
Jarama River region Meseta Central