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.

Old Spanish Trail (auto trail) → locatedInRegion → southwestern United States ⓘ
this entity surface form: Southwest United States
Phoenix → locatedInRegion → southwestern United States ⓘ
this entity surface form: American Southwest
Sierra County, New Mexico → locatedInRegion → southwestern United States ⓘ
Operation Wetback → location → southwestern United States ⓘ
this entity surface form: Southwestern United States
Cactus wren → nativeTo → southwestern United States ⓘ
this entity surface form: Southwestern United States
Callipepla → nativeTo → southwestern United States ⓘ
this entity surface form: Southwestern United States
Echinocactus → nativeTo → southwestern United States ⓘ
this entity surface form: Southwestern United States
Fouquieria splendens → nativeTo → southwestern United States ⓘ
Gila monster → nativeTo → southwestern United States ⓘ
Harris's hawk → nativeTo → southwestern United States ⓘ
this entity surface form: Southwestern United States
Joshua tree (Yucca brevifolia) → nativeTo → southwestern United States ⓘ
subject surface form: Joshua tree
this entity surface form: Southwestern United States
Larrea tridentata → nativeTo → southwestern United States ⓘ
Mojave Desert tortoise → nativeTo → southwestern United States ⓘ
Palo verde → nativeTo → southwestern United States ⓘ
this entity surface form: American Southwest
Piipaash → nativeTo → southwestern United States ⓘ
this entity surface form: Southwestern United States
Sonoran Desert toad → nativeTo → southwestern United States ⓘ
Sonoran pronghorn → nativeTo → southwestern United States ⓘ
Yuman peoples → nativeTo → southwestern United States ⓘ
greater roadrunner → nativeTo → southwestern United States ⓘ
Texas and Pacific Railway → operatedIn → southwestern United States ⓘ
this entity surface form: Southwestern United States
Missouri Pacific Railroad → operatedInRegion → southwestern United States ⓘ
this entity surface form: Southwestern United States
Southern Pacific Railroad → operatedInRegion → southwestern United States ⓘ
this entity surface form: Southwestern United States
subject surface form: Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe 4-8-4 locomotive
this entity surface form: Southwestern United States
Bradshaw Mountains region → partOf → southwestern United States ⓘ
this entity surface form: Southwestern United States
Mogollon Rim → partOf → southwestern United States ⓘ
this entity surface form: Southwestern United States
Portales → partOf → southwestern United States ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States Southwest region
Roswell → partOf → southwestern United States ⓘ
this entity surface form: American Southwest
Tucson → partOf → southwestern United States ⓘ
this entity surface form: American Southwest
Zuni Reservation → partOf → southwestern United States ⓘ
this entity surface form: American Southwest
Santa Fe, New Mexico → partOfRegion → southwestern United States ⓘ
this entity surface form: American Southwest
linguist Carobeth Laird → placeOfActivity → southwestern United States ⓘ
subject surface form: Carobeth Laird
this entity surface form: American Southwest
Mission Revival → popularIn → southwestern United States ⓘ
this entity surface form: Southwestern United States
Navajo language → primaryRegion → southwestern United States ⓘ
this entity surface form: Southwestern United States
pinyon jay → rangeIncludes → southwestern United States ⓘ
this entity surface form: Southwestern United States
Alien Fresh Jerky store → region → southwestern United States ⓘ
this entity surface form: Southwestern United States
Apache tribes → region → southwestern United States ⓘ
this entity surface form: Southwestern United States
Arizona Stadium → region → southwestern United States ⓘ
this entity surface form: American Southwest
Arizona State Sun Devils baseball → region → southwestern United States ⓘ
this entity surface form: Southwestern United States
Border Conference → region → southwestern United States ⓘ
this entity surface form: Southwestern United States
Bradbury Science Museum → region → southwestern United States ⓘ
this entity surface form: Southwestern United States
California buckwheat (Eriogonum fasciculatum) → region → southwestern United States ⓘ
subject surface form: California buckwheat
this entity surface form: Southwestern United States
Chicano movement → region → southwestern United States ⓘ
this entity surface form: Southwestern United States
this entity surface form: American Southwest
Diocese of Arizona → region → southwestern United States ⓘ
this entity surface form: Southwestern United States
Fiesta Bowl → region → southwestern United States ⓘ
this entity surface form: Southwestern United States
Glendale, Arizona → region → southwestern United States ⓘ
this entity surface form: Southwestern United States
Grand Canyon State → region → southwestern United States ⓘ
this entity surface form: Southwestern United States
Havasu Falls → region → southwestern United States ⓘ
this entity surface form: Southwestern United States
Interstate 40 → region → southwestern United States ⓘ
this entity surface form: Southwestern United States