Great Plains Province

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The Great Plains Province is a vast, mostly flat to gently rolling region of central North America characterized by grasslands, prairies, and extensive agricultural use.

All labels observed (3)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf physiographic province ⓘ
boundedBy Canadian Shield (in the north) ⓘ
linked to: Canadian Shield

Interior Lowlands ⓘ
Rocky Mountains ⓘ
characterizedBy gently rolling terrain ⓘ
grasslands ⓘ
mostly flat topography ⓘ
prairies ⓘ
steppe vegetation ⓘ
climateType continental climate ⓘ
semiarid ⓘ
contains Edwards Plateau margin ⓘ
linked to: Balcones Fault Zone

High Plains subregion ⓘ
linked to: High Plains region

Pecos Valley subregion ⓘ
continent North America ⓘ
country Canada ⓘ
Mexico ⓘ
United States ⓘ
dominantLandUse agriculture ⓘ
dryland farming ⓘ
irrigated farming ⓘ
ranching ⓘ
drainedBy Arkansas River system ⓘ
Missouri River system ⓘ
Platte River system ⓘ
linked to: Platte River basin

Red River system ⓘ
linked to: Red River Basin
economicActivity energy development (oil, gas, wind) ⓘ
grain production ⓘ
ecoregionStatus heavily modified by agriculture ⓘ
elevationTrend generally increases westward ⓘ
extendsFrom Canada ⓘ
extendsTo Mexico ⓘ
United States ⓘ
geologicFeature broad alluvial plains ⓘ
thick sedimentary rock sequences ⓘ
historicallyInhabitedBy numerous Indigenous peoples ⓘ
historicallyKnownFor bison herds ⓘ
hydrologyFeature major aquifers such as the Ogallala Aquifer ⓘ
knownFor cattle grazing ⓘ
extensive wheat production ⓘ
locatedIn central North America ⓘ
partOf Interior Plains ⓘ
riskFactor soil erosion ⓘ
susceptible to drought ⓘ
soilType mollisols ⓘ
vegetationType mixed-grass prairie (central parts) ⓘ
shortgrass prairie (western parts) ⓘ
tallgrass prairie (eastern parts) ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Missouri Plateau → physiographicProvince → Great Plains Province ⓘ
Central North America → hasSubregion → Canadian Prairie Provinces ⓘ
linked to: Great Plains Province
Northwestern Glaciated Plains → locatedIn → Canadian Prairies region ⓘ
linked to: Great Plains Province