Great Plains

Great Plains
The Great Plains States
Region
View o the Great Plains near Lincoln, Nebraska
Kintra	Unitit States Canadae
Coordinates	37°N97°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

TheGreat Plains(whiles semply "the Plains" ) is the braid expanse o flat laund (aplain), muckler o it kivert inprairie,steppe,angressland,that lies wast o theMississippi Rivertawgress prairiein the Unitit States and east o theRocky Muntainsin the U.S. an Canadae. It embraces:

• The entirety o theU.S. statesoKansas,Nebraska,North Dakota,anSooth Dakota
• Pairts o the states oColorado,Iowa,Minnesota,Montana,New Mexico,Oklahoma,Texas,anWyoming
• The soothern portions o theCanadian provincesoAlberta,Manitoba,anSaskatchewan