Interior Low Plateaus physiographic region

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physiographic region upland region

The Interior Low Plateaus physiographic region is a broad, dissected upland area of the central United States characterized by rolling hills, karst landscapes, and fertile agricultural valleys extending across parts of Kentucky, Tennessee, and neighboring states.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Interior Low Plateaus 4
Interior Low Plateaus region 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf physiographic region ⓘ
upland region ⓘ
boundedBy Appalachian Plateau ⓘ
surface form: Appalachian Plateaus

Interior Lowlands ⓘ
surface form: Central Lowland

Ozark Plateau ⓘ
surface form: Ozark Plateaus
characterizedBy caves ⓘ
dissected uplands ⓘ
fertile valleys ⓘ
karst topography ⓘ
rolling hills ⓘ
sinkholes ⓘ
springs ⓘ
climate humid subtropical to humid continental transition ⓘ
contains Inner Bluegrass ⓘ
surface form: Bluegrass section

Cumberland Plateau transition areas ⓘ
Highland Rim ⓘ
Nashville Basin ⓘ
Pennyroyal Plateau ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
dominantRockType dolomite ⓘ
limestone ⓘ
sandstone ⓘ
drainage Cumberland River ⓘ
surface form: Cumberland River basin

Ohio River basin ⓘ
Tennessee River ⓘ
surface form: Tennessee River basin
elevationRange low to moderate upland elevations ⓘ
extendsAcross Alabama ⓘ
Georgia ⓘ
Illinois ⓘ
Indiana ⓘ
Kentucky ⓘ
Missouri ⓘ
Ohio ⓘ
Tennessee ⓘ
West Virginia ⓘ
geologicAge Paleozoic Era ⓘ
surface form: Paleozoic
geomorphicProcess fluvial erosion ⓘ
karst dissolution ⓘ
locatedIn central United States ⓘ
majorLandUse agriculture ⓘ
forestry ⓘ
livestock grazing ⓘ
notableFor cave systems ⓘ
fertile agricultural soils ⓘ
karst aquifers ⓘ
partOf Great Plains ⓘ
surface form: Interior Plains
physiographicDivisionOf United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
supports deciduous forests ⓘ
mixed hardwood forests ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

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

Appalachian Plateau → boundedBy → Interior Low Plateaus physiographic region ⓘ
this entity surface form: Interior Low Plateaus
Tennessee–Kentucky border → crosses → Interior Low Plateaus physiographic region ⓘ
this entity surface form: Interior Low Plateaus
Hardin County, Kentucky → locatedIn → Interior Low Plateaus physiographic region ⓘ
LaRue County, Kentucky → locatedIn → Interior Low Plateaus physiographic region ⓘ
this entity surface form: Interior Low Plateaus region
Magnolia, Kentucky → locatedInPhysiographicRegion → Interior Low Plateaus physiographic region ⓘ
this entity surface form: Interior Low Plateaus
Kentucky Bluegrass region → partOf → Interior Low Plateaus physiographic region ⓘ
this entity surface form: Interior Low Plateaus