American Bottoms

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American Bottoms is a fertile floodplain along the Mississippi River in southwestern Illinois, known for its rich agricultural land and industrial development.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
American Bottom 2
American Bottoms canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf floodplain
geographical region
contains Cahokia Heights, Illinois
East St. Louis
Granite City, Illinois
Madison, Illinois
Sauget, Illinois
Venice, Illinois
industrial riverfront complexes
levee systems
rail yards
country United States of America
elevationRelativeToRiver low-lying
geologicalOrigin alluvial plain
hasCharacteristic fertile soil
flood-prone
hasEconomicActivity grain production
manufacturing
petrochemical industry
transport and logistics
hasHydrologicalFeature backwater lakes
oxbow lakes
hasInfrastructure highways
levees
railroads
river ports
hasLandUse agricultural
industrial
residential
transportation corridors
hasSoilType alluvial soils
knownFor agricultural land
industrial development
locatedIn Illinois
Madison County, Illinois
Metro East
Monroe County, Illinois
Randolph County, Illinois
Southwestern Illinois
St. Clair County, Illinois
locatedNear St. Louis
locatedOnRiver Mississippi River
partOf American Bottom region of the Mississippi Valley
Mississippi River floodplain
usedFor industrial facilities
row-crop agriculture
transportation infrastructure

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Referenced by (3)

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

Granite City, Illinois region American Bottoms
Cahokia Mounds region partOf American Bottom
linked to: American Bottoms
Kaskaskia, Illinois locatedInRegion American Bottom
linked to: American Bottoms