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The Great Plains are the westernmost portion of the vast North American Interior Plains, which extend east to the Appalachian Plateau. The United States Geological Survey divides the Great Plains in the United States into ten physiographic subdivisions:
Great Plains, major physiographic province of North America. The Great Plains lie between the Rio Grande in the south and the delta of the Mackenzie River at the Arctic Ocean in the north and between the Interior Lowland and the Canadian Shield on the east and the Rocky Mountains on the west.
The Great Plains is the name of a high plateau of grasslands that is located in parts of the United States and Canada in North America and has an area of approximately 1,125,000 square miles (2,900,000 square km).
The Great Plains are the broad expanse of prairie and steppe that lie east of the Rocky Mountains in the United States and Canada. This area covers parts of the U.S. states of Colorado, New Mexico, Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, Nebraska, South Dakota, North Dakota, Montana, and Wyoming, and the Canadian provinces of Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba.
Learn how the Great Plains, a vast semiarid region of Western America, was shaped by glaciers, rivers, and winds. Explore its history, geography, and diversity of landscapes and life forms.
Explore the vast and diverse region of the Great Plains, from its ancient inhabitants to its modern challenges. This online reference work offers over one thousand entries on topics ranging from climate, wildlife, and resources to politics, arts, and literature.
Make a symbolic bumblebee adoption to help save some of the world's most endangered animals from extinction and support WWF's conservation efforts. Learn about the wildlife and people in the Northern Great Plains, as well as the threats the area faces, what WWF is doing, and how you can help.
