southwestern United States

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geographical region region of the United States

The southwestern United States is a largely arid region encompassing parts of states like Arizona, New Mexico, Nevada, Utah, Colorado, and California, known for its deserts, canyons, and diverse indigenous and Hispanic cultural influences.

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Observed surface forms (10)

Surface form Occurrences
Southwestern United States 113
American Southwest 73
Southwest United States 6

Statements (91)

Predicate Object
instanceOf geographical region ⓘ
region of the United States ⓘ
borderedBy Mexico ⓘ
Pacific Ocean ⓘ
Rocky Mountains ⓘ
contains Albuquerque ⓘ
surface form: Albuquerque metropolitan area

Arches National Park ⓘ
Bryce Canyon National Park ⓘ
Canyonlands National Park ⓘ
Carlsbad Caverns National Park ⓘ
Chaco Culture National Historical Park ⓘ
Chihuahuan Desert ⓘ
Colorado Plateau ⓘ
Colorado River ⓘ
Death Valley ⓘ
El Paso ⓘ
surface form: El Paso metropolitan area

Flagstaff ⓘ
Four Corners region ⓘ
Gila River ⓘ
Grand Canyon National Park ⓘ
surface form: Grand Canyon

Hopi Reservation ⓘ
Las Vegas Valley ⓘ
Mesa Verde National Park ⓘ
Mojave Desert ⓘ
Monument Valley (Arizona portion) ⓘ
surface form: Monument Valley

Navajo Nation ⓘ
Petrified Forest National Park ⓘ
Phoenix metropolitan area ⓘ
Pueblo communities ⓘ
South Texas ⓘ
surface form: Rio Grande Valley

Saguaro National Park ⓘ
Santa Fe, New Mexico ⓘ
surface form: Santa Fe

Sedona ⓘ
Sonoran Desert ⓘ
Tucson ⓘ
surface form: Tucson metropolitan area

Zion National Park ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
ethnicGroup Apache tribes ⓘ
surface form: Apache peoples

Hispanic and Latino Americans ⓘ
surface form: Hispanic Americans

Hopi people ⓘ
surface form: Hopi

Mexican Americans ⓘ
Native Americans ⓘ
surface form: Native American peoples

Navajo people ⓘ
surface form: Navajo

Ancestral Puebloans ⓘ
surface form: Pueblo peoples
hasClimate arid ⓘ
desert climate ⓘ
semi-arid ⓘ
hasFeature high levels of sunshine ⓘ
low annual precipitation ⓘ
monsoon-influenced summer thunderstorms ⓘ
rapid urban growth in some metropolitan areas ⓘ
water scarcity issues ⓘ
hasPart Arizona ⓘ
California, United States ⓘ
surface form: California

Colorado ⓘ
Nevada ⓘ
New Mexico ⓘ
Oklahoma ⓘ
Texas ⓘ
Utah ⓘ
parts of Arizona ⓘ
parts of California ⓘ
parts of Colorado ⓘ
parts of Nevada ⓘ
parts of New Mexico ⓘ
parts of Oklahoma ⓘ
parts of Texas ⓘ
parts of Utah ⓘ
historicalEvent Gadsden Purchase agreement ⓘ
surface form: Gadsden Purchase

Mexican–American War ⓘ
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo ⓘ
historicalInfluence Mexican rule ⓘ
Spanish colonization ⓘ
knownFor Hispanic cultural influences ⓘ
aerospace industry ⓘ
canyons ⓘ
desert landscapes ⓘ
indigenous cultures ⓘ
military installations ⓘ
mining ⓘ
ranching ⓘ
retirement communities ⓘ
tourism ⓘ
language English ⓘ
Navajo language ⓘ
Spanish ⓘ
locatedIn North America ⓘ
partOf Sun Belt ⓘ
western United States ⓘ
surface form: Western United States
timeZone Mountain Time Zone ⓘ
Pacific Time Zone ⓘ

Referenced by (219)

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

Aha Makhav → associatedWith → southwestern United States ⓘ
this entity surface form: Colorado River region
Mojave language → belongsToCulturalArea → southwestern United States ⓘ
this entity surface form: American Southwest
Northern Mexico → borders → southwestern United States ⓘ
this entity surface form: Southwestern United States
Southwestern Bell → brandRegion → southwestern United States ⓘ
this entity surface form: Southwest U.S.
Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway main line → connects → southwestern United States ⓘ
this entity surface form: Southwestern United States
Chandler → countrySubdivision → southwestern United States ⓘ
this entity surface form: Southwestern United States
Clovis → countrySubdivision → southwestern United States ⓘ
this entity surface form: Southwest United States
Mesa, Arizona → countrySubdivision → southwestern United States ⓘ
this entity surface form: Southwestern United States
Peoria → countrySubdivision → southwestern United States ⓘ
subject surface form: Peoria, Arizona
this entity surface form: Southwestern United States
Surprise → countrySubdivision → southwestern United States ⓘ
this entity surface form: Southwestern United States
Tempe → countrySubdivision → southwestern United States ⓘ
this entity surface form: Southwestern United States
Victorville, California → countrySubdivision → southwestern United States ⓘ
this entity surface form: Southwestern United States
Kwatsáan → culturalArea → southwestern United States ⓘ
this entity surface form: American Southwest
Canyon Road arts district → culturalRegion → southwestern United States ⓘ
this entity surface form: American Southwest
Cocopa people → culturalRegion → southwestern United States ⓘ
this entity surface form: American Southwest
El Pueblo trading post → culturalRegion → southwestern United States ⓘ
this entity surface form: American Southwest
Havasupai people → culturalRegion → southwestern United States ⓘ
this entity surface form: Southwestern United States
Hualapai people → culturalRegion → southwestern United States ⓘ
this entity surface form: Southwest
Maricopa → culturalRegion → southwestern United States ⓘ
this entity surface form: American Southwest
Maricopa people → culturalRegion → southwestern United States ⓘ
this entity surface form: American Southwest
Mojave people → culturalRegion → southwestern United States ⓘ
this entity surface form: American Southwest
Pima people → culturalRegion → southwestern United States ⓘ
this entity surface form: American Southwest
Quechan people → culturalRegion → southwestern United States ⓘ
this entity surface form: American Southwest
Tohono O'odham → culturalRegion → southwestern United States ⓘ
this entity surface form: American Southwest
Yavapai people → culturalRegion → southwestern United States ⓘ
this entity surface form: Southwestern United States
Yuman peoples → culturalRegion → southwestern United States ⓘ
this entity surface form: American Southwest
western United States → culturalRegionIncludes → southwestern United States ⓘ
this entity surface form: American Southwest
San Mateo Mountains → ecoregion → southwestern United States ⓘ
this entity surface form: Southwestern United States
Steller's jay → foundIn → southwestern United States ⓘ
this entity surface form: American Southwest
United States Cavalry → garrisonRegion → southwestern United States ⓘ
this entity surface form: Southwest United States
Southern Uto-Aztecan → geographicDistribution → southwestern United States ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States Southwest
Mountain West Conference → geographicFocus → southwestern United States ⓘ
this entity surface form: Southwestern United States
this entity surface form: Southwestern United States
Wild West → hasPart → southwestern United States ⓘ
this entity surface form: Southwestern United States
western United States → hasPart → southwestern United States ⓘ
this entity surface form: Southwest
Guadalupe County → hasRegion → southwestern United States ⓘ
this entity surface form: Southwestern United States
Navajo Falls → hasRegion → southwestern United States ⓘ
this entity surface form: Southwestern United States
Roadside → hasSubject → southwestern United States ⓘ
this entity surface form: American Southwest
U.S. 45th Infantry Division → heritage → southwestern United States ⓘ
this entity surface form: Southwestern United States
Native Americans → historicalRegion → southwestern United States ⓘ
this entity surface form: Southwest United States
Na-Dene → includesLanguagesSpokenIn → southwestern United States ⓘ
this entity surface form: American Southwest
Old West → includesRegion → southwestern United States ⓘ
this entity surface form: Southwest United States
Southern Paiute people → indigenousTo → southwestern United States ⓘ
this entity surface form: Southwestern United States
Southern Pacific Railroad → influencedDevelopmentOf → southwestern United States ⓘ
this entity surface form: Southwestern United States cities
Bluebonnet → isAssociatedWith → southwestern United States ⓘ
this entity surface form: American Southwest
Socorro, New Mexico → isPartOf → southwestern United States ⓘ
this entity surface form: American Southwest
Otero County, New Mexico → isPartOfRegion → southwestern United States ⓘ
this entity surface form: American Southwest
Maricopa County, Arizona → isTransportationHubOf → southwestern United States ⓘ
this entity surface form: American Southwest
Uto-Aztecan → likelyHomeland → southwestern United States ⓘ
this entity surface form: American Southwest
Ancestral Puebloans → locatedIn → southwestern United States ⓘ
this entity surface form: American Southwest