Meseta Central

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Meseta Central is a vast highland plateau in central Spain that forms the core of the Iberian Peninsula’s interior landscape.

All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Meseta Central canonical 18
Castilian Plateau 2
Meseta Central plateau 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf geographical region
natural region of Spain
plateau
borderedBy Cordillera Cantábrica
Sierra Morena
Sistema Central
Sistema Ibérico
characteristic cold winters
hot summers
low rainfall
climate continental Mediterranean climate
contains Castilian Plateau
linked to: Meseta Central

Duero Basin
Guadiana Basin
Tajo Basin
country Spain
dividedBy Sistema Central
elevation approximately 600–700 metres above sea level
extendsInto Portugal (as continuation of the Iberian Meseta)
linked to: mainland Portugal
formsCoreOf interior of the Iberian Peninsula
geology ancient Hercynian massif
hasSubregion Northern Submeseta
Southern Submeseta
highestPoint Sistema Central ranges
historicalRegion New Castile
linked to: Castile-La Mancha

Old Castile
linked to: Castile
influences climate of central Spain
landUse cereal cultivation
dry farming
livestock grazing
languageRegion Castilian Spanish
linked to: Peninsular Spanish
locatedIn Iberian Peninsula
central Spain
linked to: Castile-La Mancha
majorCity Ciudad Real
Madrid
Salamanca
Toledo
Valladolid
majorRiver Duero
Guadiana
linked to: Guadiana River

Tajo
linked to: Tajo River
partOf Spanish interior
regionIncludes Castile and León
Castilla-La Mancha
linked to: Castile-La Mancha

Community of Madrid
shape roughly rectangular
surface undulating plains

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (23)

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

Iberian Peninsula contains Meseta Central
Castile hasPart Castilian Plateau
linked to: Meseta Central
Meseta Central contains Castilian Plateau
linked to: Meseta Central
Jarama River region Meseta Central
Alberche River region Meseta Central
Segovia locatedOn Meseta Central
Celtiberia borderedBy Meseta Central
Sierra de Gredos formsNaturalBarrierBetween northern Meseta
linked to: Meseta Central
Sierra Morena separates Meseta Central
Northern Submeseta partOf Meseta Central
Tajo Basin locatedOn Meseta Central
Tajo Basin partOf Meseta Central plateau
linked to: Meseta Central
Southern Submeseta partOf Meseta Central
Baetic System separatedFrom Meseta Central
mainland Spain contains Meseta Central
Peñalara hasViewOf Meseta Central
Province of Palencia locatedOn Meseta Central
Montes Torozos partOf Meseta Central
Northern Plateau of the Iberian Peninsula alsoKnownAs Meseta Norte
linked to: Meseta Central
Central Spain elevationFeature Meseta Central
Central Spain partOf Meseta Central