Granite Belt

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The Granite Belt is a cool-climate, high-altitude region in southeastern Queensland, Australia, renowned for its granite landscapes, orchards, and emerging wine industry.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Granite Belt canonical 3
Granite Belt landscapes 1
Granite Belt region 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (53)

Predicate Object
instanceOf geographic region ⓘ
wine region ⓘ
borderProximity near New South Wales border ⓘ
climateCharacteristic cold winters ⓘ
frequent winter frosts ⓘ
occasional snowfall ⓘ
climateType cool climate ⓘ
containsLocality Applethorpe ⓘ
Ballandean ⓘ
Cottonvale ⓘ
Glen Aplin ⓘ
Thulimbah ⓘ
Wyberba ⓘ
country Australia ⓘ
distanceFrom approximately 220 km southwest of Brisbane ⓘ
economicActivity horticulture ⓘ
tourism ⓘ
viticulture ⓘ
elevation approximately 700–1200 metres above sea level ⓘ
geology granite ⓘ
GIRecognitionYear 2000 ⓘ
highestPoint around 1200 metres above sea level ⓘ
knownFor apple production ⓘ
cool-climate wines ⓘ
granite landscapes ⓘ
granite outcrops ⓘ
national parks ⓘ
orchards ⓘ
stone fruit production ⓘ
tourism ⓘ
locatedIn Queensland ⓘ
southeastern Queensland ⓘ
majorTown Stanthorpe ⓘ
partOf Darling Downs ⓘ
New England bioregion ⓘ
linked to: New England region
primaryAgriculturalProducts apples ⓘ
stone fruit ⓘ
vegetables ⓘ
wine grapes ⓘ
regionCentre Stanthorpe ⓘ
soilType granite-derived soils ⓘ
touristAttraction Bald Rock National Park ⓘ
Girraween National Park ⓘ
Sundown National Park ⓘ
typicalGrapeVarieties Cabernet Sauvignon ⓘ
Chardonnay ⓘ
Merlot ⓘ
Semillon ⓘ
linked to: Sémillon

Shiraz ⓘ
Verdelho ⓘ
alternative varieties ⓘ
wineRegionStatus Geographical Indication ⓘ
wineZone Queensland Zone ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (5)

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

Queensland rail network at Wallangarra → servedRegion → Granite Belt region ⓘ
linked to: Granite Belt
Wallangarra → locatedIn → Granite Belt ⓘ
Tenterfield Shire → hasNaturalFeature → Granite Belt landscapes ⓘ
linked to: Granite Belt
Southern Queensland → contains → Granite Belt ⓘ