Fraser Plateau

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The Fraser Plateau is a broad, highland region in central British Columbia characterized by rolling plateaus, river valleys, and extensive forests shaped by volcanic and glacial activity.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Fraser Plateau canonical 4
Fraser Plateau and Basin complex 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf highland region ⓘ
physiographic region ⓘ
plateau ⓘ
borderedBy Cariboo Mountains ⓘ
Chilcotin Plateau ⓘ
linked to: Chilcotin region

Coast Mountains ⓘ
Fraser River ⓘ
Nechako Plateau ⓘ
country Canada ⓘ
dominantTreeSpecies Douglas-fir ⓘ
linked to: Douglas fir

lodgepole pine ⓘ
spruce ⓘ
subalpine fir ⓘ
dominantVegetation coniferous forest ⓘ
elevationRange approximately 900–1500 metres above sea level ⓘ
geologicalFeature basaltic lava flows ⓘ
glacial till ⓘ
glaciofluvial deposits ⓘ
hasClimate continental climate ⓘ
hasClimateCharacteristic cold winters ⓘ
semi-arid conditions in some valleys ⓘ
warm summers ⓘ
hasEconomicActivity forestry ⓘ
mining ⓘ
ranching ⓘ
tourism ⓘ
hasGeologicalOrigin glacial activity ⓘ
volcanic activity ⓘ
hasLandCover extensive forests ⓘ
hasLandform river valleys ⓘ
rolling plateaus ⓘ
hasMajorRiver Blackwater River ⓘ
Chilcotin River ⓘ
Fraser River ⓘ
Nechako River ⓘ
Quesnel River ⓘ
hasMajorTown 100 Mile House ⓘ
Prince George ⓘ
Quesnel ⓘ
Williams Lake ⓘ
hasSubregion Cariboo region ⓘ
Chilcotin region ⓘ
isDrainedBy Fraser River basin ⓘ
Pacific Ocean watershed ⓘ
locatedIn British Columbia ⓘ
locatedInRegion Central British Columbia ⓘ
namedAfter Fraser River ⓘ
partOf Canadian Cordillera ⓘ
Interior Plateau ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (5)

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

Interior Plateau → borderedBy → Fraser Plateau ⓘ
Chilcotin River → ecoregion → Fraser Plateau and Basin complex ⓘ
linked to: Fraser Plateau
Canadian Intermontane region → contains → Fraser Plateau ⓘ