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