U.S. Interior Highlands and Lowlands system

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physiographic region

The U.S. Interior Highlands and Lowlands system is a major physiographic region of the central United States characterized by a mix of elevated plateaus, dissected highlands, and adjacent lowland areas.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
U.S. Interior Highlands and Lowlands physiographic system	1
U.S. Interior Highlands and Lowlands system canonical	1

Statements (24)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	physiographic region ⓘ
characterizedBy	adjacent lowland areas ⓘ dissected highlands ⓘ elevated plateaus ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
extendsAcross	multiple U.S. states in the central United States ⓘ
geomorphology	dissected uplands and intervening lowlands ⓘ
hasElevationRange	low to moderately high elevations ⓘ
hasFeature	highlands ⓘ lowlands ⓘ plateaus ⓘ
hasGeologicSetting	stable continental interior of North America ⓘ
hasLandformType	hill country ⓘ plateau ⓘ valley lowlands ⓘ
hasProcess	fluvial dissection of uplands ⓘ long-term erosion and denudation ⓘ
hasRelief	moderate to high topographic relief ⓘ
knownFor	mix of upland and lowland physiography ⓘ
locatedIn	central United States ⓘ
partOf	North American interior physiographic framework NERFINISHED ⓘ interior regions of the United States ⓘ
relatedTo	U.S. Interior Highlands NERFINISHED ⓘ U.S. interior lowlands NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

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

Pennyroyal Plateau → partOf → U.S. Interior Highlands and Lowlands system ⓘ

Nashville Basin → partOf → U.S. Interior Highlands and Lowlands system ⓘ

this entity surface form: U.S. Interior Highlands and Lowlands physiographic system