Palouse region

E97466

The Palouse region is a fertile, rolling agricultural area in the northwestern United States, renowned for its distinctive loess hills and extensive wheat and legume farming.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Palouse region canonical 4
Palouse 3
Palouse Plateau 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf agricultural region
geographic region
agriculturalPractice contour plowing
no-till farming
climate semi-arid
contains Palouse River
Snake River tributaries
country United States
drainageBasin Snake River basin
linked to: Snake River
economicActivity commercial agriculture
grain production
pulse crop production
elevationRange approximately 600 to 1,500 meters
environmentalIssue soil erosion
geologicalFeature thick loess deposits
wind-deposited silt
hasUniversity University of Idaho
Washington State University
historicalInhabitants Nez Perce
Palus people
knownFor dryland farming
fertile agricultural land
legume farming
loess hills
rolling hills
wheat farming
landUse cropland
pasture
locatedIn Pacific Northwest
eastern Washington
north central Idaho
linked to: North Idaho

northeastern Oregon
northwestern United States
linked to: Pacific Northwest
majorCity Moscow, Idaho
Pullman, Washington
namedAfter Palus people
partOf Columbia Plateau
Inland Northwest
primaryCrop barley
chickpeas
lentils
peas
spring wheat
winter wheat
regionType rural
soilType loess
topography rolling hills
tourismAttraction photography of rolling fields
scenic landscapes

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (8)

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

Columbia Plateau contains Palouse region
Eastern Washington contains Palouse region
subject linked to: eastern Washington
Moscow, Idaho locatedInRegion Palouse
linked to: Palouse region
Whitman County, Washington partOf Palouse region
Latah County locatedOn Palouse Plateau
linked to: Palouse region
Washington State Route 26 regionServed Palouse
linked to: Palouse region
Pullman, Washington locatedIn Palouse region
Yakama Indian Reservation hasAssociatedTribe Palouse
linked to: Palouse region