Springfield Plateau

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The Springfield Plateau is a geologic region within the Ozarks characterized by gently rolling terrain, extensive karst features, and thick layers of Mississippian limestone and chert.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Springfield Plateau canonical 5

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf geologic region ⓘ
plateau ⓘ
borderedBy Boston Mountains ⓘ
Osage Plains ⓘ
Salem Plateau ⓘ
characterizedBy caves ⓘ
gently rolling terrain ⓘ
karst topography ⓘ
sinkholes ⓘ
springs ⓘ
climateType humid subtropical to humid continental transition ⓘ
composedPrimarilyOf Mississippian limestone ⓘ
chert ⓘ
contains extensive groundwater aquifers ⓘ
karst springs used for water supply ⓘ
drainedBy James River (Missouri) ⓘ
Neosho River ⓘ
Sac River ⓘ
White River ⓘ
elevationRange approximately 1,000 to 1,700 feet above sea level ⓘ
geologicAge Mississippian ⓘ
geologicUnitIncludes Boone Formation ⓘ
Springfield Plateau aquifer ⓘ
hasEconomicActivity agriculture ⓘ
limestone quarrying ⓘ
tourism related to caves and springs ⓘ
hasMajorCity Fayetteville, Arkansas ⓘ
Joplin, Missouri ⓘ
Springfield, Missouri ⓘ
hasSoilsDerivedFrom cherty residuum ⓘ
weathered limestone ⓘ
hydrologyInfluencedBy karst drainage ⓘ
isSubregionOf Interior Highlands ⓘ
landUse cropland ⓘ
pasture ⓘ
urban development ⓘ
locatedIn Arkansas ⓘ
Missouri ⓘ
Oklahoma ⓘ
United States ⓘ
namedAfter Springfield, Missouri ⓘ
overlies older Ordovician rocks ⓘ
partOf Ozarks ⓘ
linked to: Ozark Plateau
physiographicProvinceOf Ozark Plateaus ⓘ
linked to: Ozark Plateau
supportsEcosystem oak-hickory forest ⓘ
tallgrass prairie remnants ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (5)

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

Ozarks → hasPart → Springfield Plateau ⓘ
subject linked to: Ozarks region (partly)
Ozark Plateau → hasPart → Springfield Plateau ⓘ
Interior Highlands → contains → Springfield Plateau ⓘ
Salem Plateau → boundedBy → Springfield Plateau ⓘ
Springfield Plateau aquifer → namedAfter → Springfield Plateau ⓘ