Zimbabwe Plateau

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The Zimbabwe Plateau is a highland region in central Zimbabwe characterized by its elevated savanna landscape and historical significance as the heartland of the ancient Shona civilizations.

All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Zimbabwe Plateau canonical 4
Zimbabwe plateau 3
Zimbabwean Highveld 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf geographical region ⓘ
highland ⓘ
plateau ⓘ
associatedEthnicGroup Shona people ⓘ
averageRainfall higher than surrounding lowlands ⓘ
biodiversity supports savanna and woodland fauna ⓘ
borderFeature slopes down to Limpopo Valley in the south ⓘ
slopes down to Zambezi Valley in the north ⓘ
climate subtropical highland climate ⓘ
climaticEffect moderates temperatures compared to low-lying areas ⓘ
contains Bulawayo ⓘ
Great Zimbabwe archaeological site ⓘ
linked to: Great Zimbabwe

Gweru ⓘ
Harare ⓘ
Kwekwe ⓘ
Masvingo ⓘ
Midlands Province ⓘ
parts of Mashonaland ⓘ
parts of Matabeleland ⓘ
continent Africa ⓘ
country Zimbabwe ⓘ
drainageDivide Limpopo River basin ⓘ
linked to: Limpopo River

Zambezi River basin ⓘ
linked to: Zambezi Basin
economicRole core agricultural region of Zimbabwe ⓘ
supports cattle ranching ⓘ
supports cotton cultivation ⓘ
supports maize cultivation ⓘ
supports tobacco cultivation ⓘ
elevation approximately 1200 metres above sea level ⓘ
feature gently undulating highlands ⓘ
geologicalContext part of the African Shield ⓘ
underlain by ancient Precambrian rocks ⓘ
highestElevation over 1500 metres above sea level ⓘ
historicalSignificance heartland of ancient Shona civilizations ⓘ
hydrologyRole major watershed of Zimbabwe ⓘ
landCover miombo woodland ⓘ
savanna grassland ⓘ
languageRegion predominantly Shona-speaking area ⓘ
locatedIn central Zimbabwe ⓘ
naturalResource asbestos deposits ⓘ
chromite deposits ⓘ
gold deposits ⓘ
nickel deposits ⓘ
partOf Southern Africa ⓘ
populationDensity higher than most other regions of Zimbabwe ⓘ
role political and economic heartland of Zimbabwe ⓘ
terrain elevated savanna landscape ⓘ
transportRole traversed by major road and rail networks ⓘ
urbanization contains Zimbabwe’s main urban and industrial centres ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (11)

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

Great Zimbabwe → locatedOn → Zimbabwe Plateau ⓘ
Mashonaland → elevationFeature → Zimbabwean Highveld ⓘ
subject linked to: Mashonaland region
linked to: Zimbabwe Plateau
Gairezi River system → locatedOnLandmass → Zimbabwean plateau ⓘ
linked to: Zimbabwe Plateau
Sofala → connectedTo → Zimbabwe Plateau ⓘ
Danangombe → region → Zimbabwe plateau ⓘ
linked to: Zimbabwe Plateau
Mambo → region → Zimbabwe Plateau ⓘ
Kingdom of Zimbabwe → culturalRegion → Zimbabwe Plateau ⓘ
The Zimbabwe Culture → setting → Zimbabwe plateau ⓘ
linked to: Zimbabwe Plateau
Changamire Dombo → associatedWith → Zimbabwe plateau ⓘ
linked to: Zimbabwe Plateau
Khami culture → culturalRegion → southern Zambezian plateau ⓘ
linked to: Zimbabwe Plateau
Marondera District → locatedOn → Zimbabwean Highveld ⓘ
linked to: Zimbabwe Plateau