Southern Plains

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The Southern Plains is a cultural and geographic region of the central United States characterized by grassland prairies, Indigenous Plains cultures, and a history of trade, ranching, and frontier settlement.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf cultural region
geographic region
affectedBy Dust Bowl
borders Upper Mississippi Valley
surface form: Mississippi Valley

Great Plains
surface form: Northern Plains

southwestern United States
surface form: Southwestern United States
country United States of America
surface form: United States
economicActivity cattle ranching
dryland farming
oil and gas production
hasBiome temperate grassland
hasCharacteristic periodic droughts
semi-arid climate
strong winds
susceptibility to dust storms
hasCity Amarillo, Texas
Lawton, Oklahoma, United States
surface form: Lawton, Oklahoma

Lubbock, Texas, United States
surface form: Lubbock, Texas

Midland, Texas, United States
surface form: Midland, Texas

Wichita Falls, Texas
hasEcoregion mixed-grass prairie
shortgrass prairie
hasLandscape grassland prairies
historicalEra 19th-century American frontier
historicalEvent Comanche Wars
Comanche Wars
surface form: Kiowa–Comanche–Apache conflicts with the United States

Red River War
includesRegion Texas Panhandle
eastern New Mexico
Southwestern Kansas
surface form: southwestern Kansas

western Oklahoma
West Texas
surface form: western Texas
knownFor Indigenous Plains cultures
bison hunting
cattle drives
frontier settlement
horse-based nomadic cultures
ranching
trade networks
locatedIn Central United States
surface form: central United States
majorRiver Arkansas River
Canadian River
Red River of the South
partOf Great Plains
timePeriod 20th century
traditionalHomelandOf Apache groups
Arapaho people
Comanche
surface form: Comanche people

Kiowa people
Southern Cheyenne

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El Pueblo trading post culturalRegion Southern Plains
Kickapoo people culturalRegion Southern Plains
University of Tulsa region Southern Plains
Comanche migratedTo Southern Plains
this entity surface form: Southern Great Plains
Comanche culturalRegion Southern Plains
Texas Panhandle borderedBy Southern Plains
this entity surface form: Texas South Plains
Lawton locatedOn Southern Plains
this entity surface form: southern Great Plains
Washita River associatedWithEthnicGroup Southern Plains
this entity surface form: Southern Plains tribes
Caddoan languages region Southern Plains
Kiowa-Comanche-Apache Reservation partOf Southern Plains
Wichita peoples culturalArea Southern Plains
this entity surface form: Southern Plains cultural area
Fort Lyon, Colorado Territory region Southern Plains
Amtrak Heartland Flyer regionServed Southern Plains
College of Agricultural Sciences & Natural Resources regionServed Southern Plains
this entity surface form: United States Southern Plains
Pawnee Nation of Oklahoma isPartOf Southern Plains
this entity surface form: Southern Plains tribes
Comanche language region Southern Plains
Lords of the Plains hasContext Southern Plains
Lords of the Plains region Southern Plains
this entity surface form: Southern Plains of North America
White Antelope residence Southern Plains
Lipan Apache nativeTo Southern Plains
Llano Estacado locatedIn Southern Plains
this entity surface form: Southern Great Plains
Canadian River region partOf Southern Plains
Kiowa Apache historicalRegion Southern Plains
Kiowa Apache traditionalTerritory Southern Plains
this entity surface form: Southern Great Plains
Mount Scott geologicalProvince Southern Plains
this entity surface form: Southern Great Plains
Southern Cheyenne historicalRegion Southern Plains
Wichita Mountains partOf Southern Plains
this entity surface form: Southern Great Plains
Treaty of Camp Holmes region Southern Plains
Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes of Oklahoma partOf Southern Plains
this entity surface form: Southern Plains tribes
Sunray, Oklahoma climateRegion Southern Plains
this entity surface form: Southern Great Plains
Loco, Oklahoma climateRegion Southern Plains
this entity surface form: Southern Great Plains
Andrews County locatedIn Southern Plains
this entity surface form: Great Plains region of Texas