Southern Great Plains in North America

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geographical region grassland

The Southern Great Plains in North America is a vast grassland region characterized by open prairies, semi-arid climate, and a long history of habitation by Indigenous peoples such as the Kiowa Apache.

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All labels observed (6)

Label Occurrences
United States Great Plains agricultural region 2
American Great Plains region 1
Great Plains region of Texas 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf geographical region ⓘ
grassland ⓘ
borderedBy Central Great Plains NERFINISHED ⓘ
Cross Timbers region NERFINISHED ⓘ
Edwards Plateau NERFINISHED ⓘ
Rocky Mountains NERFINISHED ⓘ
characterizedBy grassland vegetation ⓘ
semi-arid climate ⓘ
vast open prairies ⓘ
continent North America ⓘ
ecoregionOf United States Environmental Protection Agency ecoregions system ⓘ
extendsInto Colorado NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kansas NERFINISHED ⓘ
New Mexico NERFINISHED ⓘ
Oklahoma NERFINISHED ⓘ
Texas NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasClimate continental climate influences ⓘ
semi-arid steppe climate ⓘ
hasEcosystemType mixed-grass prairie ⓘ
shortgrass prairie ⓘ
temperate grassland ⓘ
hasLandUse dryland farming ⓘ
irrigated agriculture ⓘ
ranching ⓘ
hasPrecipitationPattern high interannual variability in rainfall ⓘ
low annual precipitation ⓘ
hasSoilType aridisols ⓘ
mollisols ⓘ
hasVegetation few trees ⓘ
forbs ⓘ
grasses ⓘ
scattered shrubs ⓘ
historicallyInhabitedBy Arapaho NERFINISHED ⓘ
Cheyenne NERFINISHED ⓘ
Comanche NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kiowa NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kiowa Apache NERFINISHED ⓘ
Southern Plains Apache NERFINISHED ⓘ
importantFor cattle production ⓘ
wheat production ⓘ
knownFor bison habitat historically ⓘ
frequent droughts ⓘ
severe thunderstorms ⓘ
strong winds ⓘ
tornado activity ⓘ
locatedIn Great Plains ⓘ
partOf central United States ⓘ
subjectTo dust storms ⓘ
land degradation from overgrazing ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

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

Kiowa Apache → region → Southern Great Plains in North America ⓘ
Kearny County, Kansas → isPartOf → Southern Great Plains in North America ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States Great Plains agricultural region
Empire City, Oklahoma → isInRegion → Southern Great Plains in North America ⓘ
this entity surface form: southern Great Plains
Woodward County → partOf → Southern Great Plains in North America ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States Great Plains agricultural region
Wichita River → partOf → Southern Great Plains in North America ⓘ
this entity surface form: Southern Great Plains hydrologic region
Concordia, Missouri → locatedInRegion → Southern Great Plains in North America ⓘ
this entity surface form: American Great Plains region
Falls County, Texas → locatedIn → Southern Great Plains in North America ⓘ
this entity surface form: Great Plains region of Texas