Kaiparowits Plateau

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Kaiparowits Plateau is a remote, high-elevation mesa complex in southern Utah known for its rugged canyons, rich dinosaur fossil beds, and inclusion within Grand Staircase–Escalante National Monument.

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Kaiparowits Plateau canonical 7

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Predicate Object
instanceOf geologic formation ⓘ
mesa complex ⓘ
plateau ⓘ
accessibleFrom Big Water, Utah ⓘ
Escalante, Utah ⓘ
borderedBy Escalante River canyons ⓘ
Glen Canyon National Recreation Area ⓘ
Lake Powell ⓘ
climate semi-arid ⓘ
contains Kaiparowits Formation ⓘ
Straight Cliffs Formation ⓘ
Wahweap Formation ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
drainedBy Colorado River ⓘ
Escalante River ⓘ
ecosystem desert shrubland ⓘ
pinyon-juniper woodland ⓘ
sagebrush steppe ⓘ
elevation approximately 2300 meters ⓘ
approximately 7500 feet ⓘ
geologicalAge Cretaceous ⓘ
geology mudstone ⓘ
sandstone ⓘ
shale ⓘ
hasLandUseHistory grazing ⓘ
proposed coal mining ⓘ
hasProtectionStatus federal protected area ⓘ
hasScientificResearch sedimentology ⓘ
stratigraphy ⓘ
vertebrate paleontology ⓘ
knownFor Cretaceous fossils ⓘ
dinosaur fossil beds ⓘ
paleontological significance ⓘ
remote wilderness ⓘ
rugged canyons ⓘ
locatedIn Colorado Plateau ⓘ
Garfield County, Utah ⓘ
Kane County, Utah ⓘ
Utah ⓘ
locatedInRegion southern Utah ⓘ
notableFor high endemism of Late Cretaceous dinosaurs ⓘ
well-preserved terrestrial ecosystems of Late Cretaceous North America ⓘ
partOf Grand Staircase physiographic region ⓘ
Grand Staircase–Escalante National Monument ⓘ

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

Colorado Plateau → contains → Kaiparowits Plateau ⓘ
Straight Cliffs Formation → partOf → Kaiparowits Plateau ⓘ
Big Water, Utah → gatewayTo → Kaiparowits Plateau ⓘ
Escalante, Utah → hasNearbyLandform → Kaiparowits Plateau ⓘ
Kaiparowits Formation → partOf → Kaiparowits Plateau ⓘ
Kaiparowits Formation → hasTypeLocality → Kaiparowits Plateau ⓘ