Upper Rhine Plain
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The Upper Rhine Plain is a major rift valley in Central Europe, stretching along the Rhine River between the Vosges and Black Forest mountains and known for its fertile soils, mild climate, and dense population.
Aliases (7)
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
geographical region
→
plain → rift valley → |
| boundedBy |
Black Forest
→
Vosges Mountains → |
| climateType |
locally semi-continental climate
→
temperate oceanic climate → |
| contains |
Upper Rhine Graben
→
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| containsCity |
Basel
NERFINISHED
→
Freiburg im Breisgau NERFINISHED → Karlsruhe NERFINISHED → Mannheim NERFINISHED → Strasbourg → |
| containsRegion |
Alsace
→
Baden → Palatinate → |
| country |
France
→
Germany → Switzerland → |
| extendsFrom |
Basel
NERFINISHED
→
|
| extendsTo |
Frankfurt am Main region
→
|
| formationProcess |
continental rifting
→
|
| geologicalAge |
Cenozoic
→
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| hasCharacteristic |
dense population
→
fertile soils → intensive agriculture → mild climate → |
| hasEconomicActivity |
chemical industry
→
manufacturing → transport and logistics → wine production → |
| hasFeature |
Rhine floodplains
→
loess deposits → terraced river landscapes → |
| isSegmentOf |
Rhine Rift Valley
→
|
| knownFor |
industrial development
→
orchard farming → viticulture → |
| locatedIn |
Central Europe
→
Europe → |
| overlies |
Upper Rhine aquifer system
→
|
| parallelTo |
Black Forest
→
Vosges Mountains → |
| partOf |
European Cenozoic Rift System
→
|
| traversedBy |
Rhine River
→
|
| usedFor |
intensive crop cultivation
→
transport corridors → urban settlement → |
Referenced by (21)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
|---|---|
|
Black Forest
→
Black Forest ("Rhine Valley") → Vosges Mountains ("Alsace Plain") → |
borders |
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Büsingen am Hochrhein
("Upper Rhine region")
→
Grand Duchy of Baden → Heidelberg Castle → |
locatedIn |
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Burgundian Wars
("Upper Rhine region")
→
Peasants’ War ("Upper Rhine region") → |
location |
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German Central Uplands
→
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borderedBy |
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Swabian Jura
→
|
boundedBy |
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Haut-Rhin
→
|
contains |
|
Enz
("Upper Rhine basin")
→
|
drainageBasin |
|
High German consonant shift
("Upper Rhine region")
→
|
geographicalArea |
|
Erzhausen
→
|
hasGeographicalFeature |
|
Königstuhl
("Rhine plain")
→
|
hasPanoramicViewsOf |
|
Belchen
→
|
isVisibleFrom |
|
Rhine
→
|
locatedInRegion |
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Karlsruhe
("Rhine Rift Valley")
→
|
locatedOn |
|
Upper Rhine Plain
("Upper Rhine aquifer system")
→
|
overlies |
|
Elector of Baden
("Upper Rhine region")
→
|
territoryIncludes |
|
Belchen
→
|
viewpointFor |