Canterbury Plains

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Canterbury Plains is a vast, fertile alluvial plain on New Zealand’s South Island, known for its intensive agriculture and sweeping landscapes between the Southern Alps and the Pacific Ocean.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Canterbury Plains canonical 30

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf alluvial plain ⓘ
geographical region ⓘ
adjacentTo Banks Peninsula ⓘ
borders Pacific Ocean ⓘ
climate relatively dry ⓘ
temperate ⓘ
continent Oceania ⓘ
country New Zealand ⓘ
drainedBy Ashburton River ⓘ
Opihi River ⓘ
Rakaia River ⓘ
Rangitata River ⓘ
Selwyn River ⓘ
Waimakariri River ⓘ
economicImportance major agricultural production area of New Zealand ⓘ
elevationRange sea level to low altitude ⓘ
extendsFrom Southern Alps ⓘ
extendsTo Pacific Ocean ⓘ
formedBy rivers from Southern Alps ⓘ
geologicalOrigin alluvial deposits ⓘ
governedAsPartOf Canterbury regional council area ⓘ
linked to: Canterbury Region
hasFeature braided river systems ⓘ
irrigation schemes ⓘ
hasMajorCity Christchurch ⓘ
hasMajorTown Ashburton ⓘ
Timaru ⓘ
hasSoilType alluvial soils ⓘ
loess-derived soils ⓘ
indigenousLanguage Māori ⓘ
knownFor fertile soils ⓘ
intensive agriculture ⓘ
sweeping landscapes ⓘ
language English ⓘ
locatedIn Canterbury Region ⓘ
South Island ⓘ
near Southern Alps ⓘ
partOf East Coast of South Island ⓘ
primaryLandUse cropping ⓘ
dairy farming ⓘ
horticulture ⓘ
sheep farming ⓘ
regionOf Canterbury ⓘ
terrainType flat ⓘ
gently undulating ⓘ
traditionalTerritoryOf Ngāi Tahu iwi ⓘ
usedFor grain production ⓘ
pasture grazing ⓘ
seed production ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (30)

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

Canterbury Region → hasLandform → Canterbury Plains ⓘ
Waimakariri River → region → Canterbury Plains ⓘ
Waimakariri River → passesThrough → Canterbury Plains ⓘ
Waimakariri River → flowsAcross → Canterbury Plains ⓘ
Waimakariri District → isPartOf → Canterbury Plains ⓘ
Banks Peninsula → adjacentTo → Canterbury Plains ⓘ
subject linked to: Banks Peninsula area
Southern Alps → rainShadowEffectOn → Canterbury Plains ⓘ
Hunter Hills → hasViewOf → Canterbury Plains ⓘ
2010 Canterbury earthquake → occurredIn → Canterbury Plains ⓘ
Main South Line → traverses → Canterbury Plains ⓘ
Otaio River → flowsThrough → Canterbury Plains ⓘ
Lake Ellesmere / Te Waihora → partOf → Canterbury Plains ⓘ
Selwyn District → containsPartOf → Canterbury Plains ⓘ
Rakaia River → flowsThrough → Canterbury Plains ⓘ
Rangiora → partOf → Canterbury Plains ⓘ
Ashburton District → isPartOf → Canterbury Plains ⓘ
Rangitata River → flowsThrough → Canterbury Plains ⓘ
Kaiapoi River → region → Canterbury Plains ⓘ
Midland Line → regionServed → Canterbury Plains ⓘ
Te Waipounamu → hasPlain → Canterbury Plains ⓘ
Cam River / Ruataniwha → locatedIn → Canterbury Plains ⓘ
Mount Herbert → overlooks → Canterbury Plains ⓘ
Kā Tiritiri o te Moana → rainShadowFor → Canterbury Plains ⓘ
Eyrewell River → flowsThrough → Canterbury Plains ⓘ
Lincoln, Canterbury, New Zealand → near → Canterbury Plains ⓘ
Canterbury provincial railways → regionServed → Canterbury Plains ⓘ
Christchurch–Timaru section → passesThrough → Canterbury Plains ⓘ
Southbridge, New Zealand → partOf → Canterbury Plains ⓘ
Temuka River → drainageBasin → Canterbury Plains ⓘ