great plains of north america meaning

Noun: Great Plains of North America

1. A vast prairie region extending from Alberta and Saskatchewan and Manitoba in Canada south through the west central United States into Texas; formerly inhabited by Native Americans
   - Great Plains

Type of: prairie

Part of: North America

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1. The best examples come from the Great Plains of North America and from tropical Africa.
2. In the northern Great Plains of North America, wetlands formed in glacial prairie potholes.
3. Areas west of the Great Plains of North America are one region where plague-infected animals commonly occur.
4. The laboratory studies environmentally sustainable forage and livestock production, contributing to preservation of the great plains of North America.
5. The "'shortgrass prairie "'is an ecosystem located in the Great Plains of North America.