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Definition of Great plains

1. Noun. 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.

Definition of Great plains

1. Proper noun. The relatively flat region of North American grasslands east of the Rocky Mountains, from Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba in the north, to Texas in the south. ¹

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Great Plains

Literary usage of Great plains

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Forest Physiography: Physiography of the United States and Principles of by Isaiah Bowman (1911)
"The great plains ... It marks the northern boundary of the higher portions of the great plains, and from it cliffs and steep slopes descend northward looo ..."

2. The Journal of Geography by National Council of Geography Teachers (U.S.) (1902)
"On the great plains of the North American continent man today ... Geographically the great plains region possesses singularly attractive interest that has ..."

3. The Mythology of All Races by John Arnott MacCulloch, Louis Herbert Gray, George Foot Moore, Alice Werner (1916)
"CHAPTER V THE great plains I. THE TRIBAL STOCKS THE broad physiographical divisions of the North American continent are longitudinal. ..."

4. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1897)
"PECULIAR ZONAL FORMATIONS OF THE great plains. BY FREDERIC E. CLEMENTS. The traveller through the sand hills of Nebraska has often brought to his notice the ..."

5. The Outline of History: Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind by Herbert George Wells (1920)
"The Stir of the great plains. § 5. The Western (true Roman) Empire crumples up. § 6. The Eastern (revived Hellenic) Empire. ..."

6. Basis of American History, 1500-1900 by Livingston Farrand (1904)
"CHAPTER IX THE INDIANS OF THE great plains (1700-1900) THE striking inequality in the geographical distribution of Indian stocks becomes most apparent in ..."

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