Interior Low Plateau

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The Interior Low Plateau is a broad ecoregion of gently rolling plains, karst landscapes, and mixed forests spanning parts of the central United States, particularly in and around the Ohio River valley.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Interior Low Plateau canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (55)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Level III ecoregion (EPA) ⓘ
ecoregion ⓘ
physiographic region ⓘ
biodiversityNote historically supported extensive oak–hickory forests ⓘ
supports diverse cave fauna ⓘ
borderedBy Appalachian Plateau ⓘ
Interior River Valleys and Hills ecoregion ⓘ
Mississippi Alluvial Plain ⓘ
South Central Plains ⓘ
climate humid continental (northern portions) ⓘ
humid subtropical (southern portions) ⓘ
contains Bluegrass region ⓘ
Highland Rim ⓘ
Inner Bluegrass ⓘ
Nashville Basin ⓘ
Outer Bluegrass ⓘ
linked to: Inner Bluegrass

Pennyroyal Plateau ⓘ
Shawnee Hills (parts) ⓘ
Western Pennyroyal Karst ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
drainedBy Cumberland River ⓘ
Ohio River ⓘ
Tennessee River ⓘ
hasEcosystemType mixed forests ⓘ
oak–hickory forest ⓘ
oak–pine forest (locally) ⓘ
prairie openings (locally) ⓘ
hasGeology chert-bearing formations ⓘ
dolomite bedrock ⓘ
limestone bedrock ⓘ
hasKarstFeature caves ⓘ
disappearing streams ⓘ
sinkholes ⓘ
springs ⓘ
hasLandscapeType dissected uplands ⓘ
gently rolling plains ⓘ
karst topography ⓘ
hasSoilType dolomite-derived soils ⓘ
limestone-derived soils ⓘ
locatedIn Ohio River valley region ⓘ
linked to: Ohio Valley region

central United States ⓘ
majorLandUse forestry ⓘ
pasture and hay ⓘ
row-crop agriculture ⓘ
notableProtectedArea Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area ⓘ
Land Between the Lakes National Recreation Area ⓘ
Mammoth Cave National Park ⓘ
partOf Eastern Temperate Forests ecoregion (Level I, EPA) ⓘ
Interior Plains ⓘ
state Alabama (small portion) ⓘ
linked to: Alabama

Illinois ⓘ
Indiana ⓘ
Kentucky ⓘ
Ohio ⓘ
Tennessee ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

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

Ohio River basin → containsEcoregion → Interior Low Plateau ⓘ