Driftless Area

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cultural region geographic region physiographic region

The Driftless Area is a distinctive region of the Upper Midwest in the United States known for its rugged, steep terrain and deep river valleys that escaped glaciation during the last Ice Age.

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All labels observed (14)

Label Occurrences
Driftless Area canonical 47
Driftless Area (partly) 4
Driftless Area of the Upper Midwest 2

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf cultural region ⓘ
geographic region ⓘ
physiographic region ⓘ
alternativeName Driftless Area ⓘ
surface form: Driftless Region

Paleozoic Plateau ⓘ
climate humid continental climate ⓘ
contains Baraboo Range ⓘ
Kickapoo River valley ⓘ
Mississippi River valley ⓘ
surface form: Mississippi River valleys

Ocooch Mountains ⓘ
Paleozoic Plateau ⓘ
Root River valley ⓘ
Upper Iowa River ⓘ
surface form: Upper Iowa River valley

Wisconsin River valley ⓘ
surface form: Wisconsin River valleys
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
dominantRockType dolomite ⓘ
limestone ⓘ
sandstone ⓘ
drainageBasin Mississippi River basin ⓘ
ecoregion temperate broadleaf and mixed forests ⓘ
geologicalCharacteristic deeply dissected plateau ⓘ
escaped Pleistocene glaciation ⓘ
exposed bedrock ⓘ
loess-covered ridges ⓘ
unglaciated during last glacial maximum ⓘ
geologicalEra Paleozoic Era ⓘ
surface form: Paleozoic
highestPoint West Blue Mound ⓘ
knownFor cold-water trout streams ⓘ
coulees ⓘ
deep river valleys ⓘ
high biodiversity ⓘ
karst topography ⓘ
rugged terrain ⓘ
scenic bluffs ⓘ
sinkholes ⓘ
spring-fed creeks ⓘ
steep slopes ⓘ
landUse dairy farming ⓘ
forestry ⓘ
mixed agriculture ⓘ
recreation and tourism ⓘ
locatedIn Illinois ⓘ
Iowa ⓘ
Minnesota ⓘ
Midwestern United States ⓘ
surface form: Upper Midwest

Wisconsin ⓘ
notableFor distinctive topography compared to surrounding glaciated areas ⓘ
limited glacial deposits ⓘ
well-preserved preglacial landscape ⓘ
partOf Midwestern United States ⓘ

Referenced by (64)

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Upper Mississippi Valley → borderedBy → Driftless Area ⓘ
Decorah, Iowa → locatedIn → Driftless Area ⓘ
Richland Center, Wisconsin → locatedIn → Driftless Area ⓘ
this entity surface form: Southwestern Wisconsin
Richland Center, Wisconsin → locatedInPhysiographicRegion → Driftless Area ⓘ
Fillmore County, Minnesota → isPartOf → Driftless Area ⓘ
Winneshiek County, Iowa → locatedIn → Driftless Area ⓘ
Northeastern Iowa → hasFeature → Driftless Area ⓘ
Driftless Area → alternativeName → Driftless Area ⓘ
this entity surface form: Driftless Region
Dubuque → partOf → Driftless Area ⓘ
La Crosse → partOf → Driftless Area ⓘ
Winona, Minnesota, United States → locatedInRegion → Driftless Area ⓘ
Upper Iowa River → locatedInRegion → Driftless Area ⓘ
Pennyroyal Plateau → adjacentTo → Driftless Area ⓘ
this entity surface form: Driftless Section of the Interior Low Plateaus
Winneshiek County → locatedInPhysiographicRegion → Driftless Area ⓘ
Lewis County, Missouri → partOf → Driftless Area ⓘ
Dissected Till Plains → borderedBy → Driftless Area ⓘ
Southeastern Minnesota → hasRegion → Driftless Area ⓘ
Southeastern Minnesota → partlyLocatedIn → Driftless Area ⓘ
Mineral Point, Wisconsin, United States → locatedIn → Driftless Area ⓘ
subject surface form: Mineral Point, Wisconsin
Neal Dodson → notableWork → Driftless Area ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Driftless Area
Effigy Mounds National Monument → locatedInEcoregion → Driftless Area ⓘ
Zumbro River → locatedIn → Driftless Area ⓘ
this entity surface form: Driftless Area (partly)
Taliesin → locatedIn → Driftless Area ⓘ
Burlington, Iowa → locatedInPhysiographicRegion → Driftless Area ⓘ
this entity surface form: Driftless Area margin
Richland County, Wisconsin → locatedInRegion → Driftless Area ⓘ
Juneau County, Wisconsin → partOf → Driftless Area ⓘ
this entity surface form: Driftless Area (partly)
Lanesboro, Minnesota → locatedIn → Driftless Area ⓘ
Rushford, Minnesota → locatedIn → Driftless Area ⓘ
Richard J. Dorer Memorial Hardwood State Forest → locatedIn → Driftless Area ⓘ
Root River State Trail → region → Driftless Area ⓘ
Ossian, Iowa → isInRegion → Driftless Area ⓘ
Spillville, Iowa → partOf → Driftless Area ⓘ
this entity surface form: Driftless Area region of the Upper Midwest
Ridgeway, Iowa → locatedInRegion → Driftless Area ⓘ
this entity surface form: Driftless Area of the Upper Midwest
Chatfield, Minnesota → partOf → Driftless Area ⓘ
Houston County, Minnesota → locatedIn → Driftless Area ⓘ
Winona County, Minnesota → partOf → Driftless Area ⓘ
Calmar, Iowa → geographicRegion → Driftless Area ⓘ
Wisconsin State Highway 56 → locatedIn → Driftless Area ⓘ
this entity surface form: Driftless Area of Wisconsin
Ho-Chunk traditional territory → associatedWithRegion → Driftless Area ⓘ
Prairie du Chien, present-day Wisconsin → locatedInRegion → Driftless Area ⓘ
western Wisconsin → partOf → Driftless Area ⓘ
subject surface form: Western Wisconsin
Delaware County, Iowa → partOf → Driftless Area ⓘ
Postville, Iowa → partOf → Driftless Area ⓘ
Decorah → partOf → Driftless Area ⓘ
Mount Horeb → locatedInRegion → Driftless Area ⓘ
Mount Horeb → hasNearbyGeologicalFeature → Driftless Area ⓘ
this entity surface form: Driftless Area hills
Waukon, Iowa → hasNearbyFeature → Driftless Area ⓘ
this entity surface form: Driftless Area region of Iowa
Fayette County, Iowa → partOf → Driftless Area ⓘ
this entity surface form: Driftless Area (partly)
Kickapoo River valley → partOf → Driftless Area ⓘ
Root River valley → locatedIn → Driftless Area ⓘ