Great Basin–Colorado River transition area

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ecotone geographic region

The Great Basin–Colorado River transition area is a geographic region where the ecosystems and cultural territories of the Great Basin and Colorado River Plateau overlap and blend.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	ecotone ⓘ geographic region ⓘ
characterizedBy	blend of Great Basin and Colorado Plateau cultural territories ⓘ overlap of Great Basin and Colorado Plateau ecosystems ⓘ
hasBoundaryCharacteristic	diffuse and gradational rather than sharply defined ⓘ
hasClimate	continental influences ⓘ rain-shadow effects ⓘ semiarid ⓘ
hasCulturalFeature	mixed land-use traditions such as hunting, gathering, and agriculture ⓘ overlapping Indigenous cultural regions ⓘ
hasEcologicalFeature	elevational gradients influencing species composition ⓘ mosaic of shrubland and woodland vegetation ⓘ transition from cold desert to warm desert communities ⓘ
hasFunction	biogeographic corridor for species between Great Basin and Colorado Plateau ⓘ cultural interface between Great Basin and Colorado Plateau peoples ⓘ
hasHydrology	mix of internally drained basins and Colorado River tributaries ⓘ
hasProcess	biogeographic transition between interior basin and riverine plateau ⓘ
hasVegetation	desert scrub elements ⓘ pinyon–juniper woodland elements ⓘ sagebrush steppe elements ⓘ
locatedIn	North America ⓘ western United States NERFINISHED ⓘ
overlapsWith	Colorado River Plateau NERFINISHED ⓘ Great Basin Desert NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	Colorado Plateau NERFINISHED ⓘ Great Basin NERFINISHED ⓘ
studiedIn	anthropology ⓘ biogeography ⓘ cultural geography ⓘ ecology ⓘ

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Colorado River Numic → geographicDistribution → Great Basin–Colorado River transition area ⓘ