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Mind Map by hollyweber, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by hollyweber
about 11 years ago
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Geography of the Great Plains
- Landscape
- Gentaly rolling grasslands
- Slow flowing rivers
- In north: black hills (an area of extremes)
- Gentaly rolling grasslands
- Vegetation
- West (near rockys): short grass
- Towards east: taller grass (prairie)
- South: much drier
- Woodlands in some areas (but in general, lack of trees)
- West (near rockys): short grass
- Cilmate
- All year: extreme temperatures, strong winds
- Winter: blizzards, freezing cold
- Summer: hot and dry with little rainfall
- All year: extreme temperatures, strong winds
- Wildlife
- Locusts
- Grasshoppers
- Wolves
- Buffalos
- Locusts
- Extra info
- Lie between the Mississippi
River and the Rocky Mountains.
- Early European explorers found the
Plains a very hostile environment
- Enormous size
- Lie between the Mississippi
River and the Rocky Mountains.
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