Columbia Plateau Province

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Columbia_Plateau_Province

GPTKB entity

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	geographical region
gptkbp:borderedBy	gptkb:Blue_Mountains gptkb:Cascade_Range gptkb:Rocky_Mountains gptkb:Basin_and_Range_Province
gptkbp:characterizedBy	basalt flows deep river canyons broad plateaus
gptkbp:climate	semi-arid
gptkbp:contains	gptkb:Hanford_Site gptkb:Hells_Canyon gptkb:Channeled_Scablands gptkb:Yakima_Fold_Belt gptkb:Palouse_region gptkb:Walla_Walla_Valley gptkb:Grande_Ronde_Basalt gptkb:Saddle_Mountains_Basalt gptkb:Wanapum_Basalt gptkb:Umatilla_Basin gptkb:Pasco_Basin
gptkbp:drainedBy	gptkb:Columbia_River gptkb:Snake_River
gptkbp:featureType	flood basalts
gptkbp:geologicalAge	gptkb:Miocene
gptkbp:highestPoint	gptkb:Steptoe_Butte
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Columbia Plateau Province
gptkbp:includes	gptkb:Columbia_River_Basalt_Group
gptkbp:locatedIn	gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:lowestPoint	gptkb:Columbia_River_Gorge
gptkbp:majorCity	gptkb:Kennewick gptkb:Richland gptkb:Spokane gptkb:Pasco gptkb:Moses_Lake gptkb:Walla_Walla Yakima
gptkbp:namedAfter	gptkb:Columbia_River
gptkbp:notableFor	gptkb:Missoula_Floods gptkb:volcanic_activity agriculture fossil beds wine production hydroelectric dams irrigation projects
gptkbp:partOf	gptkb:Columbia_Plateau
gptkbp:servesArea	eastern Washington northern Oregon western Idaho
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Columbia_River_Plateau
gptkbp:bfsLayer	7