eastern Illinois

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geographic region region

Eastern Illinois is the region comprising the eastern portion of the U.S. state of Illinois, bordering Indiana and encompassing a mix of agricultural areas, small cities, and college towns.

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Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form Occurrences
Eastern Illinois 0
east-central Illinois 3
East Central Illinois 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf geographic region ⓘ
region ⓘ
agriculturalRegionOf Corn Belt NERFINISHED ⓘ
borderFormedBy Wabash River NERFINISHED ⓘ
borders Indiana NERFINISHED ⓘ
climate humid continental climate ⓘ
contains Casey, Illinois NERFINISHED ⓘ
Charleston, Illinois NERFINISHED ⓘ
Charleston–Mattoon micropolitan area NERFINISHED ⓘ
Danville Area Community College NERFINISHED ⓘ
Danville metropolitan area NERFINISHED ⓘ
Danville, Illinois NERFINISHED ⓘ
Eastern Illinois University NERFINISHED ⓘ
Effingham, Illinois NERFINISHED ⓘ
Flora, Illinois NERFINISHED ⓘ
Lake Land College NERFINISHED ⓘ
Lawrenceville, Illinois NERFINISHED ⓘ
Marshall, Illinois NERFINISHED ⓘ
Mattoon, Illinois NERFINISHED ⓘ
Newton, Illinois NERFINISHED ⓘ
Olney, Illinois NERFINISHED ⓘ
Paris, Illinois NERFINISHED ⓘ
Robinson, Illinois NERFINISHED ⓘ
Tuscola, Illinois NERFINISHED ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
drainageBasin Embarras River basin NERFINISHED ⓘ
Little Wabash River basin NERFINISHED ⓘ
Wabash River basin NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasCharacteristic agricultural ⓘ
contains college towns ⓘ
contains small cities ⓘ
predominantly rural ⓘ
hasLandUse mixed woodland and farmland ⓘ
row-crop agriculture ⓘ
locatedIn Midwestern United States ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone Central Time Zone ⓘ
majorEconomicActivity corn farming ⓘ
food processing ⓘ
light manufacturing ⓘ
livestock production ⓘ
soybean farming ⓘ
notableFor public universities and community colleges ⓘ
partOf Illinois NERFINISHED ⓘ
stateSubdivisionType informal region ⓘ
traversedBy Interstate 57 NERFINISHED ⓘ
Interstate 70 NERFINISHED ⓘ
Interstate 74 NERFINISHED ⓘ
U.S. Route 36 NERFINISHED ⓘ
U.S. Route 45 NERFINISHED ⓘ
U.S. Route 50 NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (10)

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

Wabash Valley → encompassesPartOf → eastern Illinois ⓘ
Sadorus, Illinois → isInRegion → eastern Illinois ⓘ
this entity surface form: east-central Illinois
Vermilion County, Illinois → isPartOf → eastern Illinois ⓘ
this entity surface form: East Central Illinois
Homer, Illinois → locatedIn → eastern Illinois ⓘ
City of Watseka → locatedInRegion → eastern Illinois ⓘ
Vermilion County, Illinois → locatedInRegion → eastern Illinois ⓘ
Allerton, Illinois → partOf → eastern Illinois ⓘ
Royal, Illinois → region → eastern Illinois ⓘ
this entity surface form: east-central Illinois
Thomasboro, Illinois → region → eastern Illinois ⓘ
this entity surface form: east-central Illinois
Evansville Regional Airport → servesRegion → eastern Illinois ⓘ
this entity surface form: southeastern Illinois