Great Plains
Appearance
Great Plains | |
The Great Plains States | |
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View o the Great Plains near Lincoln, Nebraska
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Coordinates | 37°N97°W/ 37°N 97°WCoordinates:37°N97°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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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
References
[eedit|eedit soorce]- ↑Wishart, David. 2004. The Great Plains Region, In:Encyclopedia of the Great Plains,Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, pp. xiii-xviii.ISBN0-8032-4787-7