eastern Colorado

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geographical region region

Eastern Colorado is the high-plains region of the state characterized by flat to gently rolling prairie, extensive agriculture, and a semi-arid climate east of the Rocky Mountains.

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All labels observed (8)

Label Occurrences
eastern Colorado canonical 8
Eastern Plains of Colorado 5
Colorado Eastern Plains 2

Statements (83)

Predicate Object
instanceOf geographical region ⓘ
region ⓘ
administrativelyIncludes Adams County (eastern parts) ⓘ
Arapahoe County, Colorado ⓘ
surface form: Arapahoe County (eastern parts)

Baca County ⓘ
Bent County, Colorado ⓘ
surface form: Bent County

Cheyenne County ⓘ
Crowley County ⓘ
Elbert County (eastern parts) ⓘ
Kiowa County ⓘ
Kit Carson County ⓘ
Lincoln County ⓘ
Logan County ⓘ
Morgan County ⓘ
Otero County, Colorado ⓘ
surface form: Otero County

Phillips County ⓘ
Prowers County ⓘ
Sedgwick County ⓘ
Washington County ⓘ
Weld County (eastern parts) ⓘ
Yuma County, Arizona ⓘ
surface form: Yuma County
agriculturalPractice center-pivot irrigation ⓘ
borders Kansas ⓘ
Nebraska ⓘ
Wyoming ⓘ
climateCharacteristic frequent high winds ⓘ
large temperature extremes between seasons ⓘ
low annual precipitation ⓘ
periodic droughts ⓘ
severe thunderstorms and hail in warm season ⓘ
contains Arkansas Valley, Colorado ⓘ
surface form: Arkansas River valley (eastern reaches)

Front Range Urban Corridor ⓘ
surface form: Front Range Urban Corridor (western edge)

Purgatoire River ⓘ
surface form: Purgatoire River basin (eastern plains portion)

Republican River basin (Colorado portion) ⓘ
South Platte River ⓘ
surface form: South Platte River valley (eastern reaches)

city of Aurora (eastern portions) ⓘ
city of Brush ⓘ
city of Burlington ⓘ
city of Denver metropolitan fringe (eastern parts) ⓘ
city of Fort Morgan ⓘ
city of Greeley vicinity ⓘ
city of Holyoke ⓘ
La Junta, Colorado ⓘ
surface form: city of La Junta

City of Lamar ⓘ
surface form: city of Lamar

city of Limon ⓘ
city of Sterling ⓘ
city of Trinidad (eastern plains influence area) ⓘ
city of Wray ⓘ
Yuma, Arizona ⓘ
surface form: city of Yuma
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
elevationRange approximately 3,300 to 6,000 feet above sea level ⓘ
hasClimate semi-arid climate ⓘ
hasDominantLandUse agriculture ⓘ
hasEconomicActivity cattle feeding operations ⓘ
corn production ⓘ
dairy production ⓘ
oil and natural gas extraction (localized) ⓘ
sorghum production ⓘ
wheat production ⓘ
hasLandUse cattle ranching ⓘ
dryland farming ⓘ
irrigated agriculture ⓘ
hasTerrain flat prairie ⓘ
gently rolling prairie ⓘ
hasTransportationCorridor Interstate 70 ⓘ
Interstate 76 ⓘ
U.S. Route 287 NERFINISHED ⓘ
U.S. Route 385 NERFINISHED ⓘ
U.S. Route 50 ⓘ
hasVegetation mixed-grass prairie ⓘ
shortgrass prairie ⓘ
historicalRegionOf Dust Bowl ⓘ
surface form: Dust Bowl (1930s impacts)
locatedEastOf Rocky Mountains ⓘ
locatedIn Colorado ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone Central Time Zone (small eastern portions, de facto usage varies) ⓘ
Mountain Time Zone ⓘ
locatedOn Great Plains ⓘ
Great Plains ⓘ
surface form: High Plains
partOf Colorado ⓘ
surface form: State of Colorado
waterSource Arkansas River ⓘ
Ogallala Aquifer ⓘ
surface form: Ogallala Aquifer (in southeastern and eastern portions)

Republican River ⓘ
South Platte River ⓘ

Referenced by (21)

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

Great Plains → countrySubdivision → eastern Colorado ⓘ
Smoky Hill River (nearby waterway) → sourceLocation → eastern Colorado ⓘ
subject surface form: Smoky Hill River
Colorado War → majorTheater → eastern Colorado ⓘ
this entity surface form: Plains of eastern Colorado Territory
Otero County, Colorado → locatedIn → eastern Colorado ⓘ
this entity surface form: Great Plains region of Colorado
South Platte River → crosses → eastern Colorado ⓘ
this entity surface form: Colorado Eastern Plains
Kit Carson County, Colorado → locatedIn → eastern Colorado ⓘ
Kit Carson County, Colorado → region → eastern Colorado ⓘ
this entity surface form: Eastern Plains of Colorado
city of Burlington → locatedIn → eastern Colorado ⓘ
subject surface form: Burlington, Colorado
city of Limon → isPartOf → eastern Colorado ⓘ
subject surface form: Limon, Colorado
this entity surface form: Eastern Colorado
city of Brush → locatedIn → eastern Colorado ⓘ
subject surface form: Brush, Colorado
this entity surface form: Eastern Plains of Colorado
Republican River basin (Colorado portion) → locatedIn → eastern Colorado ⓘ
Kit Carson County → locatedIn → eastern Colorado ⓘ
Sedgwick County → locatedIn → eastern Colorado ⓘ
this entity surface form: Northeastern Colorado
Sedgwick County → locatedInCountrySubdivision → eastern Colorado ⓘ
this entity surface form: Eastern Plains of Colorado
Fort Morgan, Colorado → locatedIn → eastern Colorado ⓘ
this entity surface form: Eastern Plains of Colorado
Sterling μSA → locatedInRegion → eastern Colorado ⓘ
this entity surface form: Northeastern Colorado
central Colorado → borders → eastern Colorado ⓘ
subject surface form: Central Colorado
this entity surface form: Eastern Plains of Colorado
Colorado State Highway 86 → region → eastern Colorado ⓘ
this entity surface form: Eastern Plains, Colorado
Lincoln County → locatedIn → eastern Colorado ⓘ
subject surface form: Lincoln County, Colorado
Baca County → stateSubdivisionOf → eastern Colorado ⓘ
this entity surface form: Colorado Eastern Plains
Lincoln County, Colorado → locatedIn → eastern Colorado ⓘ