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The Great Plains, sometimes simply " the Plains ", is a broad expanse of flatland in North America. It is located just to the east of the Rocky Mountains, much of it covered in prairie, steppe, and grassland.
- 1,100,000 sq mi (2,800,000 km²)
- Canada and the United States
- 2,000 mi (3,200 km)
Great Plains, vast high plateau of semiarid grassland that is a major region of North America. It lies between the Rio Grande in the south and the delta of the Mackenzie River at the Arctic Ocean in the north and between the Interior Lowland and the Canadian Shield on the east and the Rocky Mountains on the west.
Learn about the history, geography, culture, and challenges of the Great Plains region, a vast area of North America with diverse and variable climate and landscape. Explore the articles, maps, and multimedia resources of the Encyclopedia of the Great Plains, a collaborative project of scholars and experts.
Learn how the Great Plains, a vast semiarid region of Western America, was shaped by glaciers, rivers, and winds. Explore its history, geography, and diversity of landscapes and life forms.
- Donald E. Trimble
- 1980
- 10.3133/b1493
- The geologic story of the Great Plains
Great Plains, Continental slope of central North America. It stretches from the Rio Grande at the U.S.-Mexico border in the south to the Mackenzie River delta along the Arctic Ocean in the north and from the Interior Lowlands and the Canadian Shield in the east to the Rocky Mountains in the west.
The southern portions of the Canadian provinces of Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba. The Great Plains, sometimes simply "the Plains", is a broad expanse of flatland in North America. It is located just to the east of the Rocky Mountains, much of it covered in prairie, steppe, and grassland.
The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica. The Great Plains is the name of a high plateau of grasslands that is located in parts of the United States and Canada in North America and has an area of approximately 1,125,000 square miles (2,900,000 square km).
