Rocky Mountain Trench

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The Rocky Mountain Trench is a long, broad valley running parallel to the Canadian Rockies in British Columbia, forming a major geological feature that separates the Rockies from the Columbia Mountains.

All labels observed (6)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (54)

Predicate Object
instanceOf geological formation ⓘ
tectonic depression ⓘ
valley ⓘ
boundedBy Canadian Rockies ⓘ
linked to: Rocky Mountains

Columbia Mountains ⓘ
Rocky Mountain fault system ⓘ
contains Columbia River ⓘ
Finlay River ⓘ
Fraser River headwaters ⓘ
linked to: Fraser River

Kinbasket Lake ⓘ
Kootenay River ⓘ
Lake Windermere ⓘ
McGregor River ⓘ
McLeod Lake ⓘ
Moberly Lake ⓘ
Parsnip River ⓘ
Peace River headwaters ⓘ
linked to: Peace River

Revelstoke Lake ⓘ
Rocky Mountain Trench lakes ⓘ
Summit Lake ⓘ
Williston Lake ⓘ
country Canada ⓘ
ecoregion interior wet-belt forests ⓘ
extendsFrom near Flathead Lake in Montana ⓘ
extendsTo Liard River area in Yukon ⓘ
linked to: Liard River
follows Rocky Mountain front ⓘ
formedDuring Cenozoic era ⓘ
linked to: Cenozoic
geologicalOrigin extensional faulting ⓘ
normal faulting ⓘ
length about 1000 miles ⓘ
about 1600 kilometres ⓘ
locatedIn British Columbia ⓘ
Yukon ⓘ
notableFor broad, flat valley floor ⓘ
major physiographic boundary in western Canada ⓘ
parallel alignment to Canadian Rockies ⓘ
orientation north–south ⓘ
partOf North American Cordillera ⓘ
passesNear Cranbrook, British Columbia ⓘ
Fort St. John, British Columbia ⓘ
linked to: Fort St. John

Golden, British Columbia ⓘ
Invermere, British Columbia ⓘ
linked to: Invermere

Prince George, British Columbia ⓘ
Revelstoke, British Columbia ⓘ
Valemount, British Columbia ⓘ
province British Columbia ⓘ
separates Canadian Rockies ⓘ
linked to: Rocky Mountains

Columbia Mountains ⓘ
territory Yukon ⓘ
usedFor agriculture ⓘ
forestry ⓘ
hydroelectric reservoirs ⓘ
transportation corridor ⓘ
width 3 to 16 kilometres ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (26)

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

Columbia Mountains → separatedBy → Rocky Mountain Trench ⓘ
Interior Plateau of British Columbia → borderedBy → Rocky Mountains Trench (to the east, via adjoining uplands) ⓘ
linked to: Rocky Mountain Trench
Interior Ranges → borderedBy → Rocky Mountain Trench ⓘ
Purcell Mountains → borderedBy → Rocky Mountain Trench ⓘ
Interior Plateau → borderedBy → Rocky Mountain Trench ⓘ
Cariboo Mountains → borders → Rocky Mountain Trench ⓘ
Interior of British Columbia → contains → Rocky Mountain Trench ⓘ
Canal Flats → locatedIn → Rocky Mountain Trench ⓘ
Columbia Wetlands region → ecoregion → Rocky Mountain Trench ⓘ
Regional District of East Kootenay → contains → Rocky Mountain Trench ⓘ
British Columbia (eastern part) → contains → Rocky Mountain Trench ⓘ
Golden → locatedIn → Rocky Mountain Trench ⓘ
McLeod Lake → locatedIn → Rocky Mountain Trench ⓘ
Kaska Dena → traditionalTerritoryIncludes → Rocky Mountain Trench (northern section) ⓘ
linked to: Rocky Mountain Trench
Parsnip River → locatedIn → Rocky Mountain Trench ⓘ
Parsnip River → flowsThrough → Rocky Mountain Trench ⓘ
Summit Lake (Rocky Mountain Trench, British Columbia) → locatedIn → Rocky Mountain Trench ⓘ
subject linked to: Summit Lake
Summit Lake (Rocky Mountain Trench, British Columbia) → geologicalSetting → Rocky Mountain Trench valley system ⓘ
subject linked to: Summit Lake
linked to: Rocky Mountain Trench
Fraser River basin → includesRegion → Rocky Mountain Trench ⓘ
McGregor River → locatedIn → Rocky Mountain Trench ⓘ
Moberly Lake → locatedIn → Rocky Mountain Trench ⓘ
Vancouver–Calgary → passesThrough → Rocky Mountain Trench ⓘ
Sekani people → traditionalTerritory → Rocky Mountain Trench region ⓘ
linked to: Rocky Mountain Trench
British Columbia Highway 95 → locatedIn → Rocky Mountain Trench ⓘ
Sekani → traditionalTerritory → Rocky Mountain Trench area of British Columbia ⓘ
linked to: Rocky Mountain Trench