Palouse region

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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 of America
surface form: United States
drainageBasin Snake River
surface form: Snake River basin
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 Idaho
surface form: north central Idaho

northeastern Oregon
Pacific Northwest
surface form: northwestern United States
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

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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 surface form: Eastern Washington
Moscow, Idaho locatedInRegion Palouse region
this entity surface form: Palouse
Whitman County, Washington partOf Palouse region
Latah County locatedOn Palouse region
this entity surface form: Palouse Plateau
Washington State Route 26 regionServed Palouse region
this entity surface form: Palouse
Pullman, Washington locatedIn Palouse region
Yakama Indian Reservation hasAssociatedTribe Palouse region
this entity surface form: Palouse