Interior Lowlands

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lowland physiographic region

The Interior Lowlands are a broad, low-lying physiographic region of central North America characterized by rolling plains, river valleys, and fertile agricultural land extending from the Great Lakes toward the Great Plains.

Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form Occurrences
Central Lowland 3
Interior Plains 3
U.S. Interior Lowlands 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf lowland ⓘ
physiographic region ⓘ
borders Appalachian Plateau ⓘ
surface form: Appalachian Highlands

Canadian Shield ⓘ
Great Plains ⓘ
characterizedBy fertile agricultural land ⓘ
river valleys ⓘ
rolling plains ⓘ
climate humid continental in the north ⓘ
humid subtropical in the south ⓘ
containsFeature broad river floodplains ⓘ
glacially formed lakes ⓘ
prairie landscapes ⓘ
continent North America ⓘ
country Canada ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
drainedBy Mississippi River basin ⓘ
surface form: Mississippi River system

Missouri River ⓘ
Ohio River ⓘ
Red River of the North ⓘ
economicActivity dairy farming ⓘ
grain production ⓘ
livestock farming ⓘ
elevation generally low-lying ⓘ
extendsFrom Great Lakes region ⓘ
extendsToward Great Plains ⓘ
geologicHistory influenced by Pleistocene glaciations ⓘ
geologicOrigin sedimentary basin ⓘ
geomorphology gently undulating topography ⓘ
importance major agricultural heartland of North America ⓘ
includesRegion Interior Lowlands self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Central Lowland

Great Lakes region ⓘ
surface form: Great Lakes Lowland

Interior Plains subregions ⓘ
locatedIn central North America ⓘ
majorCrops corn ⓘ
forage crops ⓘ
soybeans ⓘ
wheat ⓘ
majorUse agriculture ⓘ
naturalVegetation mixed forest in some areas ⓘ
tallgrass prairie ⓘ
partOf Great Plains ⓘ
surface form: Interior Plains of North America
relativeRelief low to moderate ⓘ
soilType alfisols ⓘ
mollisols ⓘ
surfaceMaterial alluvial deposits ⓘ
glacial deposits ⓘ
underlainBy sedimentary rocks ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

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

Upper Mississippi Valley → borderedBy → Interior Lowlands ⓘ
this entity surface form: Central Lowland
Great Plains → borders → Interior Lowlands ⓘ
this entity surface form: Central Lowland
Western Canada → hasPart → Interior Lowlands ⓘ
this entity surface form: Interior Plains
Interior Lowlands → includesRegion → Interior Lowlands self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Central Lowland
Great Plains → partOf → Interior Lowlands ⓘ
this entity surface form: Interior Plains
Kentucky Bluegrass region → partOf → Interior Lowlands ⓘ
this entity surface form: U.S. Interior Lowlands
Mississippi River valley → partOf → Interior Lowlands ⓘ
this entity surface form: Interior Plains