GREAT PLAINS Definition & Meaning

Great Plains

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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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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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Researchers showed that maize underwent selection as it was transported from the US Southwest across the Great Plains, particularly through a gene, known as waxy1.

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The book uses her story to probe how the Great Plains was transformed from one of the planet's most carbon-rich grasslands into one of its largest agricultural complexes.

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“It is not uncommon to see operations feeding over 20,000 pre-weaned calves in the Central Great Plains and West regions,” wrote the authors.

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Below-normal precipitation is likely through November for the Southwest and Southern California, as well as portions of the Great Plains, the outlook shows.

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The length of this heat wave isn’t yet clear, but the Climate Prediction Center warned that “above-normal temperatures are likely to persist across much of the West and Great Plains into early August.”

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