Interior Plains

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physiographic region

The Interior Plains are a vast, mostly flat to gently rolling region of central North America characterized by extensive prairies, grasslands, and rich agricultural land.

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All labels observed (1)

Label	Occurrences
Interior Plains canonical	9

Statements (61)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	physiographic region ⓘ
characterizedBy	gently rolling terrain ⓘ grasslands ⓘ mostly flat topography ⓘ prairies ⓘ rich agricultural land ⓘ
climateCharacteristic	cold winters ⓘ warm to hot summers ⓘ
climateType	continental climate ⓘ
contains	Central Lowland NERFINISHED ⓘ Great Plains NERFINISHED ⓘ Prairie Provinces region ⓘ parts of Alberta ⓘ parts of Colorado ⓘ parts of Kansas ⓘ parts of Manitoba ⓘ parts of Montana ⓘ parts of Nebraska ⓘ parts of New Mexico ⓘ parts of North Dakota ⓘ parts of Oklahoma ⓘ parts of Saskatchewan ⓘ parts of South Dakota ⓘ parts of Texas ⓘ parts of Wyoming ⓘ
continent	North America ⓘ
dominantEcosystem	prairie ⓘ temperate grassland ⓘ
dominantLandUse	agriculture ⓘ
drainedBy	Mackenzie River system NERFINISHED ⓘ Mississippi River system NERFINISHED ⓘ Missouri River NERFINISHED ⓘ Red River of the North NERFINISHED ⓘ Saskatchewan River system NERFINISHED ⓘ
eastBoundary	Appalachian Highlands NERFINISHED ⓘ
elevationRange	low to moderate elevation ⓘ
extendsInto	Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ Mexico NERFINISHED ⓘ United States NERFINISHED ⓘ
formedBy	long-term sediment deposition in inland seas ⓘ
geologicalAge	mainly Paleozoic and Mesozoic sedimentary rocks ⓘ
knownFor	extensive open landscapes ⓘ large-scale mechanized farming ⓘ
locatedIn	central North America ⓘ
majorCrops	barley ⓘ canola ⓘ corn ⓘ soybeans ⓘ wheat ⓘ
majorEconomicActivity	grain farming ⓘ livestock ranching ⓘ oil and gas production ⓘ
northBoundary	Canadian Shield NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableSubregion	Canadian Prairies NERFINISHED ⓘ High Plains NERFINISHED ⓘ Palliser Triangle NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	North American Interior Lowlands NERFINISHED ⓘ
soilType	fertile chernozem soils ⓘ
southBoundary	Gulf Coastal Plain NERFINISHED ⓘ
underlainBy	sedimentary rock layers ⓘ
westBoundary	Rocky Mountains NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (9)

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

Rocky Mountains foothills → adjacentTo → Interior Plains ⓘ

Wichita Mountains → partOf → Interior Plains ⓘ

Lincoln County → isOnMajorPhysiographicProvince → Interior Plains ⓘ

subject surface form: Lincoln County, Colorado

south-central Iowa → locatedIn → Interior Plains ⓘ

Prairie ecozone → locatedIn → Interior Plains ⓘ

Red Deer River (Manitoba) → locatedIn → Interior Plains ⓘ

Appalachian Highlands division → separatesFrom → Interior Plains ⓘ

Lincoln County, Colorado → locatedInRegion → Interior Plains ⓘ

Elk Island → hasGeologicalContext → Interior Plains ⓘ

subject surface form: Elk Island (Lake Winnipeg)