Great Plains Province

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The Great Plains Province is a vast, mostly flat to gently rolling region of central North America characterized by grasslands, prairies, and extensive agricultural use.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Canadian Prairie Provinces 1
Great Plains Province canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf physiographic province
boundedBy Canadian Shield (in the north) NERFINISHED
Interior Lowlands NERFINISHED
Rocky Mountains NERFINISHED
characterizedBy gently rolling terrain
grasslands
mostly flat topography
prairies
steppe vegetation
climateType continental climate
semiarid
contains Edwards Plateau margin NERFINISHED
High Plains subregion NERFINISHED
Pecos Valley subregion
continent North America
country Canada
Mexico
United States of America
surface form: United States
dominantLandUse agriculture
dryland farming
irrigated farming
ranching
drainedBy Arkansas River system NERFINISHED
Missouri River system NERFINISHED
Platte River system NERFINISHED
Red River system NERFINISHED
economicActivity energy development (oil, gas, wind)
grain production
ecoregionStatus heavily modified by agriculture
elevationTrend generally increases westward
extendsFrom Canada NERFINISHED
extendsTo Mexico NERFINISHED
United States NERFINISHED
geologicFeature broad alluvial plains
thick sedimentary rock sequences
historicallyInhabitedBy numerous Indigenous peoples
historicallyKnownFor bison herds
hydrologyFeature major aquifers such as the Ogallala Aquifer
knownFor cattle grazing
extensive wheat production
locatedIn central North America
partOf Interior Plains NERFINISHED
riskFactor soil erosion
susceptible to drought
soilType mollisols
vegetationType mixed-grass prairie (central parts)
shortgrass prairie (western parts)
tallgrass prairie (eastern parts)

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Missouri Plateau physiographicProvince Great Plains Province
Central North America hasSubregion Great Plains Province
this entity surface form: Canadian Prairie Provinces