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.

Las Vegas Valley → region → southwestern United States ⓘ
this entity surface form: American Southwest
Lobos → region → southwestern United States ⓘ
this entity surface form: American Southwest
Loretto Chapel → region → southwestern United States ⓘ
this entity surface form: Southwestern United States
Los Alamos Ranch School → region → southwestern United States ⓘ
this entity surface form: American Southwest
this entity surface form: American Southwest
Mike O’Callaghan–Pat Tillman Memorial Bridge → region → southwestern United States ⓘ
this entity surface form: Southwestern United States
Mohave → region → southwestern United States ⓘ
this entity surface form: American Southwest
Mojave language → region → southwestern United States ⓘ
Mooney Falls → region → southwestern United States ⓘ
this entity surface form: Southwestern United States
Museum of International Folk Art → region → southwestern United States ⓘ
this entity surface form: Southwestern United States
New Mexico Museum of Art → region → southwestern United States ⓘ
this entity surface form: American Southwest
New Mexico State Aggies men's basketball → region → southwestern United States ⓘ
this entity surface form: American Southwest
Northern Uto-Aztecan → region → southwestern United States ⓘ
this entity surface form: Southwestern United States
Petrified Forest National Park → region → southwestern United States ⓘ
this entity surface form: Southwestern United States
Pima → region → southwestern United States ⓘ
this entity surface form: Southwestern United States
SMU Mustangs → region → southwestern United States ⓘ
this entity surface form: Southwest United States
Saguaro National Park → region → southwestern United States ⓘ
this entity surface form: American Southwest
Salinas Pueblo Missions (selected components) → region → southwestern United States ⓘ
this entity surface form: American Southwest
Salt River → region → southwestern United States ⓘ
this entity surface form: Southwestern United States
Sandia Mountains → region → southwestern United States ⓘ
this entity surface form: American Southwest
Sandia Peak Tramway → region → southwestern United States ⓘ
this entity surface form: Southwestern United States
Santa Fe Historic District → region → southwestern United States ⓘ
this entity surface form: Southwestern United States
Scottsdale, Arizona → region → southwestern United States ⓘ
this entity surface form: American Southwest
South Western Reporter → region → southwestern United States ⓘ
this entity surface form: Southwestern United States
Southern Methodist University → region → southwestern United States ⓘ
this entity surface form: Southwestern United States
Taos, New Mexico, United States → region → southwestern United States ⓘ
subject surface form: Taos, New Mexico
this entity surface form: American Southwest
The City Different → region → southwestern United States ⓘ
this entity surface form: American Southwest
The Pit → region → southwestern United States ⓘ
this entity surface form: American Southwest
District of New Mexico → region → southwestern United States ⓘ
subject surface form: United States District Court for the District of New Mexico
this entity surface form: Southwestern United States
University of Texas at El Paso → region → southwestern United States ⓘ
this entity surface form: Southwestern United States
Walapai language → region → southwestern United States ⓘ
this entity surface form: Southwestern United States
Yavapai language → region → southwestern United States ⓘ
this entity surface form: Southwestern United States
Yavapai people → region → southwestern United States ⓘ
this entity surface form: American Southwest
Yavapai-Prescott Indian Tribe → region → southwestern United States ⓘ
this entity surface form: American Southwest
Yavbeʼ dialect → region → southwestern United States ⓘ
this entity surface form: Southwestern United States
lower Gila River → region → southwestern United States ⓘ
this entity surface form: Southwestern United States
Ditat Deus → regionOfUse → southwestern United States ⓘ
this entity surface form: Southwestern United States
Conference USA → regionServed → southwestern United States ⓘ
this entity surface form: Southwestern United States
Jones, Skelton & Hochuli → regionServed → southwestern United States ⓘ
this entity surface form: Southwestern United States
KPHX → regionServed → southwestern United States ⓘ
this entity surface form: Southwestern United States
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture → regionServed → southwestern United States ⓘ
this entity surface form: American Southwest
Phoenix Art Museum → regionServed → southwestern United States ⓘ
this entity surface form: Southwestern United States
Port of Long Beach → regionServed → southwestern United States ⓘ
this entity surface form: Southwestern United States
Southwestern Athletic Conference → regionServed → southwestern United States ⓘ
this entity surface form: Southwestern United States
University of New Mexico → regionServed → southwestern United States ⓘ
this entity surface form: Southwestern United States
Western Athletic Conference → regionServed → southwestern United States ⓘ
this entity surface form: Southwestern United States
Woodbine Development Corporation → regionServed → southwestern United States ⓘ
this entity surface form: Southwestern United States
Bank One Corporation → servedArea → southwestern United States ⓘ
this entity surface form: Southwestern United States
Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport → servesRegion → southwestern United States ⓘ
this entity surface form: Southwestern United States
Sky Harbor Airport → servesRegion → southwestern United States ⓘ
this entity surface form: Southwestern United States