Great Plains

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ecoregion geographical region grassland

The Great Plains is a vast, mostly flat grassland region in central North America known for its prairies, agriculture, and continental climate.

Aliases (31)

Great Plains region ×13
High Plains ×13
United States Great Plains region ×7
Northern Great Plains ×6
United States Great Plains ×4
Northern Plains ×3
American Great Plains ×2
Great Plains periphery ×2
Interior Plains ×2
Central Great Plains ×1
Central Plains ×1
Great Plains ecoregions ×1
Great Plains region (eastern edge) ×1
Great Plains region of the United States ×1
Great Plains section ×1
Great Plains states ×1
Interior Plains of North America ×1
Llano Estacado ×1
North American Great Plains ×1
North American Great Plains grassland biome ×1
North American prairie ×1
Prairie Pothole Region ×1
Prairie-Plains ×1
Prairies ×1
Prairies region ×1
Prairie–Great Plains cross-border region ×1
The Prairies ×1
U.S. Great Plains region ×1
United States Great Plains agricultural region ×1
United States Great Plains–desert transition region ×1
western Great Plains ×1

Statements (59)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	ecoregion → geographical region → grassland →
borders	Interior Lowlands → Mississippi River basin → Rocky Mountains →
characterizedBy	continental climate → flat to gently rolling terrain → prairie grasslands → semiarid conditions →
climateType	humid continental climate → semiarid steppe climate →
contains	High Plains → Mixed-grass prairie → Ogallala Aquifer → Shortgrass prairie → Tallgrass prairie →
continent	North America →
countrySubdivision	Alberta → Kansas → Manitoba → Montana → Nebraska → North Dakota → Oklahoma → Saskatchewan → South Dakota → Texas Panhandle → Wyoming → eastern Colorado → eastern New Mexico →
extendsFrom	Canada →
extendsTo	Mexico → New Mexico → Texas →
historicalEvent	Dust Bowl →
historicallyInhabitedBy	Blackfoot → Cheyenne → Comanche → Lakota → Pawnee → Plains Indians →
historicalPeriod	19th-century westward expansion in the United States →
knownFor	agriculture → cattle ranching → corn production → oil and gas extraction → wheat production →
locatedIn	Canada → United States →
majorRiver	Arkansas River → Canadian River → Missouri River → Platte River → Red River of the South →
partOf	Interior Plains →
subjectTo	blizzards → droughts → tornadoes →

Referenced by (195)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Black Sunday (dust storm) → Brown County, South Dakota ("Northern Great Plains") → Cass County, Missouri ("United States Great Plains region") → Centralia, Kansas ("United States Great Plains region") → Clovis ("High Plains") → Corn Belt ("Great Plains region") → Dacotah Prairie Museum ("Great Plains region") → De Baca County → Eddy County ("United States Great Plains–desert transition region") → Faith, South Dakota → Garden City, Kansas ("High Plains") → Lincoln County, South Dakota ("United States Great Plains") → McAlester ("U.S. Great Plains region") → Nebraska → North Dakota → Northwestern Oklahoma → Ogallala Aquifer → Ogallala Aquifer ("High Plains") → Oklahoma → Oklahoma ("Great Plains region") → Oklahoma Panhandle → Oklahoma Panhandle ("High Plains") → Sarpy County, Nebraska ("United States Great Plains region") → Shattuck Windmill Park → Shattuck, Oklahoma ("United States Great Plains region") → Shortgrass prairie → Sioux City, Iowa ("Great Plains region") → South Dakota → Southeastern Colorado ("High Plains") → Southeastern Colorado → Texas Panhandle → Texas Panhandle ("High Plains") → Tornado Alley (southern and central parts) → Union County, South Dakota → Wise County, Texas ("United States Great Plains region") → York, Nebraska → northwestern Iowa ("Great Plains region") →	locatedIn
Brown County, South Dakota ("United States Great Plains") → Crawford County, Kansas → Cross Timbers ("Great Plains ecoregions") → Dickinson County, Kansas ("United States Great Plains") → Dodge City, Kansas → Duncan, Oklahoma ("United States Great Plains region") → Eastern Nebraska → Eastern New Mexico ("High Plains") → Eastern New Mexico → Ellis, Kansas → Interior Low Plateaus physiographic region ("Interior Plains") → Interior Lowlands ("Interior Plains of North America") → Lake Winnipegosis ("Interior Plains") → Lawton ("United States Great Plains") → Mississippi River valley ("Great Plains region") → Nebraska–Iowa region ("Great Plains region of the United States") → Northeastern Kansas → Rock County, Minnesota ("Great Plains region (eastern edge)") → Rock Rapids, Iowa ("Great Plains region") → Saskatoon ("Prairies region") → Shattuck, Oklahoma → Shortgrass prairie ("North American Great Plains grassland biome") → Sioux County, Iowa ("Great Plains region") → Yankton, South Dakota →	partOf
Aberdeen, South Dakota → Algonquian languages → Arapaho language → Cheyenne language → Cree → Ellis Lakeside Campground → Garden City, Kansas → Hell Creek Formation → Joslyn Art Museum → Kansas ("Great Plains states") → Kansas River → Lincoln, Nebraska → Manitoba ("Prairies") → Missouri River → Nebraska → Nebraska State Capitol → Norman, Oklahoma → North Platte, Nebraska → North Western Reporter → University of Oklahoma →	region
Ellis County, Oklahoma → Interstate 29 → Oklahoma City → Portales ("High Plains") → Ralston, Nebraska → South Sioux City, Nebraska → Topeka, Kansas → U.S. Route 75 → eastern Oklahoma ("Great Plains periphery") →	locatedInRegion
Kaw → Kaw ("Prairie-Plains") → Omaha → Prairie Town Village → Sun Dance ("North American Great Plains") →	culturalRegion
Arkansas River region ("Great Plains region") → Cass County, Iowa ("United States Great Plains agricultural region") → Elk Point, South Dakota → Mills County, Iowa ("United States Great Plains region") → Sioux Falls, South Dakota ("Great Plains region") →	isPartOf
Denver, Colorado, United States ("High Plains") → Eastern Colorado → Eastern Colorado ("High Plains") → Emporia, Kansas → Fort Union National Monument ("High Plains") →	locatedOn
Chihuahuan Desert → Northeast Woodlands → Siouxland region ("Great Plains region") → Upper Mississippi Valley →	borderedBy
Bison bison → Omaha people → Sioux people → black-tailed jackrabbit →	nativeTo
America → Great Plains ("High Plains") → Midwestern United States →	contains
Arkansas River ("Great Plains section") → Canada–United States border region ("Prairie–Great Plains cross-border region") → Wild West →	hasPart
Louisiana Purchase → Northern United States ("Northern Plains") → Old West →	includesRegion
Crow → Pawnee → Pawnee ("Central Plains") →	traditionalRegion
Land Utilization Division → Wisconsin glaciation ("Northern Great Plains") →	affectedRegion
Front Range of the Rocky Mountains → Interior Lowlands →	borders
U.S. Route 2 → U.S. Route 6 →	crosses
Cross Timbers → Rio Grande Rift →	formsBoundaryBetween
Hawarden, Iowa ("Great Plains periphery") → McClelland, Iowa →	geographicRegion
Northwestern Oklahoma ("High Plains") → Oklahoma →	hasLandscape
Native Americans → Osage Nation →	historicalRegion
Kaw Nation → Sioux people ("Northern Plains") →	historicalTerritory
Colorado War → Great Sioux War of 1876 ("Northern Great Plains") →	location
Central Overland California and Pikes Peak Express Company → Interstate 80 →	regionServed
Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway main line → Interstate 29 ("Northern Great Plains") →	servesRegion
Nez Perce War → Red Cloud's War ("Northern Plains") →	theater
Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail → Santa Fe Trail →	traverses
Interstate 70 → Southwest Chief →	traversesRegion
Hugh Glass →	associatedWith
Sooner State →	associatedWithRegionOfJurisdiction
Shortgrass prairie ("western Great Plains") →	biomeOf
contiguous United States →	containsGeographicalFeature
Americas →	containsSubregion
Canton, South Dakota →	countrySubdivision
Sooner State →	describesRegion
Clovis ("Llano Estacado") →	economicRegion
Kansas River ("Central Great Plains") →	ecoregion
Interior Lowlands →	extendsToward
mule deer →	foundIn
United States Cavalry →	garrisonRegion
Kansas →	geographicalFeature
Algic languages →	geographicDistribution
American Regionalism →	geographicFocus
Planet Earth →	hasEpisode
Dust Bowl →	hasLocation
Oklahoma →	hasMajorPhysiographicRegion
North America →	hasNotableFeature
The Prairie ("North American prairie") →	hasSetting
Siouan languages →	historicallySpokenIn
Interior United States →	includesPart
Doon, Iowa →	isInPhysiographicRegion
Minden, Iowa →	isInRegion
Sioux Center, Iowa ("Great Plains region") →	isLocatedIn
Lake Manitoba ("Prairie Pothole Region") →	locatedInEcoregion
Pembina, North Dakota →	locatedInPhysiographicRegion
Dirty Thirties →	mainRegion
Cheyenne →	migratedTo
Scissor-tailed flycatcher →	nativeRange
German Americans →	notableEarlySettlement
William Cullen Bryant ("The Prairies") →	notableWork
William B. Waddell →	operatedInRegion
Lincoln Highway (historic alignment via U.S. 40) →	passesThrough
Interstate 90 ("Northern Great Plains") →	passesThroughRegion
Union Pacific Railway Act of 1862 →	regionAffected
Gateway to the West ("Great Plains region") →	relatedPlace
The Leatherstocking Tales ("American Great Plains") →	setIn
A Lost Lady ("American Great Plains") →	setting
The Prairie →	settingLocation
Blackfoot ("Northern Great Plains") →	traditionalTerritory
Spanish Peaks →	visibleFrom