Great Plains
The Great Plains (whiles semply "the Plains") is the braid expanse o flat laund (a plain), muckler o it kivert in prairie, steppe, an gressland, that lies wast o the Mississippi River tawgress prairie in the Unitit States and east o the Rocky Muntains in the U.S. an Canadae. It embraces:
- The entirety o the U.S. states o Kansas, Nebraska, North Dakota, an Sooth Dakota
- Pairts o the states o Colorado, Iowa, Minnesota, Montana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas, an Wyoming
- The soothern portions o the Canadian provinces o Alberta, Manitoba, an Saskatchewan
Great Plains | |
The Great Plains States | |
Region | |
View o the Great Plains near Lincoln, Nebraska
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Kintra | Unitit States Canadae |
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Coordinates | 37°N 97°W / 37°N 97°WCoordinates: 37°N 97°W / 37°N 97°W |
Lenth | 3,200 km (1,988 mi) |
Width | 800 km (497 mi) |
Area | 1,300,000 km2 (501,933 sq mi) |
Approximate extent o the Great Plains[1]
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References
eedit- ↑ Wishart, David. 2004. The Great Plains Region, In: Encyclopedia of the Great Plains, Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, pp. xiii-xviii. ISBN 0-8032-4787-7