Great Plains

noun

a semiarid region E of the Rocky Mountains, in the U.S. and Canada.

Great Plains

plural noun

a vast region of North America east of the Rocky Mountains, extending from the lowlands of the Mackenzie River (Canada), south to the Big Bend of the Rio Grande

Great Plains

Grassland prairie region of North America , extending from Alberta , Saskatchewan , and Manitoba , in Canada , south through the west-central United States into Texas .

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Notes

In the 1930s, areas of the Great Plains were known collectively as the Dust Bowl . Poor agricultural practices led to depletion of topsoil , which was blown away in huge dust storms. The area was called the Great American Desert well into the nineteenth century.

Now characterized by huge ranches and farms, the Great Plains were long inhabited by Native Americans .

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Example Sentences

Since greed tended to prevail over comity, the Great Plains bred depressives and sociopaths.

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Great Plains By Ian Frazier In a journey of 25,000 miles, Frazier makes flyover country a magical place.

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Its eastern half, centered in Billings, is part of the deep red Great Plains.

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There happen to be more of those in the South and Great Plains than elsewhere, and so Santorum does well.

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Neither his campaign, nor the Greens, nor Great Plains/Kansas City Power and Light responded to Daily Beast inquiries.

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If there had been, it could not have been enforced on the great plains.

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The fish fauna of the area studied is transitional between the Ozarkian and Great Plains faunas.

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De Soto had no vision of great plains of golden grain, food for millions of men, along the shores of his river.

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Invasions by land from the west have perforce been launched across its great plains.

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Reithrodontomys megalotis, onthe central Great Plains and in adjacent regions.

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