Western Slope of the Rocky Mountains

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The Western Slope of the Rocky Mountains is the largely rural, high-desert and mountainous region of western Colorado lying west of the Continental Divide, known for its mesas, canyons, and agricultural valleys.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf geographical region ⓘ
informal region ⓘ
region ⓘ
agriculturalProduct apples ⓘ
cherries ⓘ
hay ⓘ
peaches ⓘ
wine grapes ⓘ
borders Continental Divide of the Americas ⓘ
linked to: Continental Divide

New Mexico ⓘ
Utah ⓘ
Wyoming ⓘ
climate alpine (higher elevations) ⓘ
semi-arid ⓘ
contains Archuleta County ⓘ
Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park ⓘ
Book Cliffs ⓘ
Canyons of the Ancients National Monument ⓘ
Colorado National Monument ⓘ
Colorado River (upper reaches) ⓘ
linked to: Colorado River

Curecanti National Recreation Area ⓘ
Delta County ⓘ
Dinosaur National Monument (Colorado portion) ⓘ
Dolores County ⓘ
Dominguez–Escalante National Conservation Area ⓘ
Durango ⓘ
Eagle County (western part) ⓘ
Elk Mountains ⓘ
Flat Tops ⓘ
Garfield County ⓘ
Glenwood Springs ⓘ
Grand Junction ⓘ
Grand Mesa ⓘ
Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National Forests ⓘ
Grand Valley ⓘ
Gunnison County ⓘ
Gunnison River ⓘ
La Plata County ⓘ
Mesa County ⓘ
Mesa Verde National Park ⓘ
Moffat County ⓘ
Montezuma County ⓘ
Montrose ⓘ
Montrose County ⓘ
North Fork Valley ⓘ
Ouray ⓘ
Pagosa Springs ⓘ
Palisade ⓘ
Piceance Basin ⓘ
Pitkin County ⓘ
Rio Blanco County ⓘ
Roaring Fork River ⓘ
Routt County ⓘ
San Juan County, Colorado ⓘ
San Juan Mountains ⓘ
San Juan National Forest ⓘ
San Juan River (headwaters) ⓘ
linked to: San Juan River

San Luis Valley (western fringe, sometimes included) ⓘ
San Miguel County ⓘ
Steamboat Springs ⓘ
Telluride ⓘ
linked to: Telluride, Colorado

Uncompahgre River ⓘ
Uncompahgre Valley ⓘ
West Elk Mountains ⓘ
White River National Forest ⓘ
Yampa River ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
demographicCharacteristic lower population density than Colorado Front Range ⓘ
energyResource coal ⓘ
natural gas ⓘ
oil shale ⓘ
hasCharacteristic high desert ⓘ
largely rural ⓘ
mountainous ⓘ
sparsely populated ⓘ
knownFor agricultural valleys ⓘ
canyons ⓘ
energy development ⓘ
fruit orchards ⓘ
mesas ⓘ
outdoor recreation ⓘ
wine production ⓘ
locatedIn Colorado ⓘ
western Colorado ⓘ
linked to: Western Colorado
locatedOn western side of the Continental Divide ⓘ
majorEconomicActivity agriculture ⓘ
energy extraction ⓘ
outdoor recreation industry ⓘ
tourism ⓘ
partOf Colorado Plateau region ⓘ
linked to: Colorado Plateau

Rocky Mountains ⓘ
stateRegionContrastWith Front Range of Colorado ⓘ
timeZone Mountain Time Zone ⓘ
transportationCorridor Interstate 70 ⓘ
U.S. Route 40 ⓘ
U.S. Route 50 ⓘ
U.S. Route 550 NERFINISHED ⓘ

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

Delta County, Colorado → locatedOn → Western Slope of the Rocky Mountains ⓘ
Grand Lake, Colorado → partOf → Western Slope of Colorado ⓘ
linked to: Western Slope of the Rocky Mountains
Avon, Colorado → region → Western Slope of Colorado ⓘ
linked to: Western Slope of the Rocky Mountains
Central Colorado → borders → Western Slope ⓘ
subject linked to: central Colorado
linked to: Western Slope of the Rocky Mountains
Roaring Fork Valley → region → Western Slope ⓘ
linked to: Western Slope of the Rocky Mountains
Rifle → partOf → Western Slope of Colorado ⓘ
linked to: Western Slope of the Rocky Mountains
Bustang → servesRegion → Western Slope ⓘ
linked to: Western Slope of the Rocky Mountains
Town of Olathe, Colorado → isInRegion → Western Slope of the Rocky Mountains ⓘ
present-day Colorado → hasRegion → Western Slope ⓘ
linked to: Western Slope of the Rocky Mountains