Intermediate Depression of Chile

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The Intermediate Depression of Chile is a long central valley running between the Chilean Coastal Range and the Andes, encompassing major basins such as that of Santiago.

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Label Occurrences
Intermediate Depression of Chile canonical 1

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf geographical region
valley
boundedBy Andes to the east
Chilean Coastal Range to the west
climateVariesFrom semi-arid in the north
climateVariesTo Mediterranean in central zone
temperate rainy in the south
contains Central Valley of Chile NERFINISHED
Santiago Basin NERFINISHED
country Chile
drainageDirection generally north–south
economicImportance agricultural heartland of Chile
extendsAlong central Chile NERFINISHED
northern Chile NERFINISHED
southern Chile NERFINISHED
formsPartOf Andean foreland basin system NERFINISHED
geologicalOrigin tectonic subsidence
geologicalPeriodOfFormation Cenozoic NERFINISHED
hasElevation generally low compared to surrounding ranges
hasMajorRiver Biobío River NERFINISHED
Itata River NERFINISHED
Maipo River NERFINISHED
Maule River NERFINISHED
hasReliefType longitudinal valley
hasSoilType alluvial soils in many sectors
includesUrbanArea Chillán NERFINISHED
Osorno NERFINISHED
Rancagua NERFINISHED
Santiago NERFINISHED
Talca NERFINISHED
Temuco NERFINISHED
isAlsoCalled Central Valley of Chile in its central segment NERFINISHED
languageOfName Spanish
locatedIn South America
orientation north–south
parallelTo Andes mountain range NERFINISHED
Pacific coast of Chile
partOf Chilean landscape
runsBetween Andes NERFINISHED
Chilean Coastal Range NERFINISHED
separates Andes NERFINISHED
Chilean Coastal Range NERFINISHED
spanishName Depresión Intermedia de Chile NERFINISHED
usedFor cereal cultivation
livestock grazing
viticulture

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Santiago basin partOf Intermediate Depression of Chile