The Thompson Plateau forms the southern portion of the Interior Plateau of British Columbia, Canada, lying to the west of Okanagan Lake, south of the Thompson River and east of (although never adjoining it) the Fraser River. At its most southern point the plateau is squeezed by the mountainous terrain of the Cascade Range abutting closer to the Okanagan Valley. Its southwestern edge abuts the Canadian Cascades portion of that extensive range, more or less following the line of the Similkameen River, its tributary the Tulameen River, and a series of passes from the area of Tulameen, British Columbia to the confluence of the Thompson River with the Nicoamen River, a few kilometres (miles) east of Lytton, British Columbia, which is in the Fraser Canyon. Its northeastern edge runs approximately from the city of Vernon, British Columbia through the valley of Monte Creek to the junction of the same name just east of the city of Kamloops. Northeast of that line is the Shuswap Highland.[1]
Some definitions[which?] include the Bonaparte Plateau to the north, which lies in the angle of the Thompson and Bonaparte Rivers, and south of the uppermost reaches of that river and a small tributary of the North Thompson, Lemieux Creek.
The dominant landscape of the Thompson Plateau is a high, almost plains-like rangeland fairly heavily forested with subalpine forest and tamarack swamp where there exists a significant cattle ranching industry, but plunging steeply to the valleys of the Thompson and Okanagan on its outer perimeter which feature more semi-arid landscapes that include rattlesnakes, a ground-creeping variety of prickly pear cactus, sagebrush, and tumbleweed, in addition to fruit growing operations that often rely on irrigation. In its core is the broad and open rangeland of the Nicola Valley, at the focus of which is the town of Merritt, British Columbia. Towards its southern edges, the plateau is fairly mountainous and includes the ski area at Apex (west of Penticton), as well as the small but rugged Kruger Range which runs south from there to the confluence of the Similkameen and Okanagan Rivers.
The ThompsonPlateau forms the southern portion of the Interior Plateau of British Columbia, Canada, lying to the west of Okanagan Lake, south of the...
Within the Interior plateau, the Shuswap Highland consists of a portion of the foothills between the ThompsonPlateau and Bonaparte Plateau on the west, and...
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Interior Plateau was inhabited by Interior Salish peoples: the Lillooet tribe whose homelands are in the Lillooet River Valley; the Thompson First Nations...
northeastern parts are less glaciated and more plateau-like, resembling nearby areas of the ThompsonPlateau. The range is near the Pacific Ocean and in...
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these being: The Fraser Plateau The Chilcotin Plateau The Cariboo Plateau The Bonaparte Plateau (part of the ThompsonPlateau in some definitions, and...
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The Nicoamen Plateau is a small sub-plateau of the ThompsonPlateau in the southern Interior of British Columbia, Canada, located between the Nicoamen...
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between that river and the Thompson, but it properly is a subdivision of the ThompsonPlateau. The portion of the Fraser Plateau west of the Fraser River...
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plateau-like hilly area of 14,511 km2 (5,603 sq mi) in British Columbia, Canada. It spans the upland area between the Bonaparte and ThompsonPlateaus...
intersections are observed along Highway 5: Highway 5 passing through ThompsonPlateau, with tree damage from Pine Beetles visible (2007) The toll booth once...
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plateaus to the north and south of the river (the Bonaparte Plateau and ThompsonPlateau, respectively). Because of the low elevation of the valley's...
most of the ThompsonPlateau and also country beyond it to the northeast in the Shuswap Highland and to the north in the Bonaparate Plateau. Located in...
in British Columbia, Canada, crossing the forested uplands of the ThompsonPlateau. It is the highest point on the highway between the cities of Merritt...
where it was growing on the bark of Salix. It has also been found in ThompsonPlateau in southern British Columbia. Melanohalea tahltan is morphologically...
boundary of the ThompsonPlateau. Located nearby is the Nicoamen Plateau, a small subplateau of the ThompsonPlateau. The confluence of the Thompson and Nicoamen...
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