Great Plains
| Great Plains | |
| The Great Plains States | |
| Region | |
 View o the Great Plains near Lincoln, Nebraska | |
| Kintra |  Unitit States Canadae |
|---|---|
| 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] | |
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
References
[eedit | edit soorce]- ↑ 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
