Intermontane Plateaus

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physiographic region plateau region

The Intermontane Plateaus are a vast physiographic region of western North America characterized by high, arid plateaus and basins lying between major mountain ranges such as the Rockies and the Cascades.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Plateau region of North America 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf physiographic region ⓘ
plateau region ⓘ
borderedBy Cascade Range to the west ⓘ
Coast Ranges to the west ⓘ
Rocky Mountains to the east ⓘ
Sierra Nevada to the west ⓘ
characterizedBy arid climate ⓘ
basin-and-range topography ⓘ
high plateaus ⓘ
climateType arid ⓘ
semi-arid ⓘ
containsFeature buttes ⓘ
canyons ⓘ
lava fields ⓘ
mesas ⓘ
playas ⓘ
salt flats ⓘ
volcanic plateaus ⓘ
continent North America ⓘ
dominantVegetation grassland ⓘ
semi-arid shrubland ⓘ
drainageCharacteristic internal drainage basins ⓘ
extendsInto Canada ⓘ
Mexico ⓘ
United States NERFINISHED ⓘ
geologicSetting interior of North American Cordillera ⓘ
includes Basin and Range Province ⓘ
Colorado Plateau ⓘ
Columbia Plateau ⓘ
Great Basin ⓘ
Snake River Plain ⓘ
Wyoming Basin ⓘ
locatedBetween Cascade Range ⓘ
Rocky Mountains ⓘ
Sierra Nevada ⓘ
locatedIn western North America ⓘ
majorRiverSystem Colorado River NERFINISHED ⓘ
Columbia River ⓘ
Snake River NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableResource coal ⓘ
minerals ⓘ
petroleum ⓘ
uranium ⓘ
partOf North American Cordillera ⓘ
physiographicDivisionOf Canada ⓘ
United States NERFINISHED ⓘ
usedFor dryland farming ⓘ
irrigated agriculture ⓘ
ranching ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

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Bradshaw Mountains region → partOf → Intermontane Plateaus ⓘ
Colorado Plateau → partOf → Intermontane Plateaus ⓘ
Columbia Plateau → partOf → Intermontane Plateaus ⓘ
Penutian languages → region → Intermontane Plateaus ⓘ
this entity surface form: Plateau region of North America