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North America that stretches from the southern part of present-day Canadian Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba to the Gulf of Mexico.

describe a sub-section of the even more vast Interior Plains physiographic division, which covers much of the interior of North America. It also has currency as region of human geography, referring to the Plains Indians or the Plains States.

through the year, with very cold winters and very hot summers. Wind speeds are often very high. The prairies support an abundant wildlife in undisturbed settings. Humans have converted much of the prairies for agricultural purposes or to create pastures.

Great Plains into an area that receive 20 inches or more of rainfall per year and an area that receives less than 20 in. In this context, the High Plains, as well as Southern Alberta, south-western Saskatchewan and Eastern Montana are mainly semi hot steppe land and are generally characterized by rangeland or marginal farmland.

and on the west by the Rocky Mountains, an area almost five times as large as the state of Texas.

in western North America. The Rocky Mountains stretch more than 3,000 miles (4,830 km) .
The Rocky Mountains were formed from 80 million to 55 million years ago by the Laramie progeny. Since then, erosion by water and glaciers have sculpted the mountain range into dramatic valleys and peaks. At the end of the last ice age, humans started to inhabit the mountain range.

and forest lands, and is a popular tourist destination, especially for hiking, camping, mountaineering, fishing, hunting, skiing, and snowboarding.

entirely in the United States, it rises in western Minnesota and meanders slowly southwards for 2,530 miles (4,070 km) to the Mississippi River Delta at the Gulf of Mexico. With its many tributaries, the Mississippi's watershed drains all or parts of 31 U.S. states between the Rocky and Appalachian Mountains and even reaches into southern Canada. The Mississippi ranks fourth longest and tenth largest among the world's rivers.

the more fertile tall grass areas of Missouri and Arkansas, and the arid short grassland regions of Texas, Kansas and Colorado.

It is named after the Kansas River which flows through it, which in turn was named after the Kansa Native American tribe, which inhabited the area. Kansas is the 15th most extensive and the 33rd most populous of the 50 United States

Rocky Mountains as well as the northeastern portion of the Colorado Plateau and the western edge of the Great Plains. Colorado is part of the Western United States, Southwestern United States, and the Mountain States.

of the 50 United States, and the most extensive state of the 48 contiguous United States. The name, based on the Caddo word "Texas" meaning "friends" or "allies", was applied by the Spanish to the Caddo themselves and to the region of their settlement in East Texas. Located in the South Central United States.

and the region was probably sparsely populated.

dominant leans of subsistence and populations living on or near the Plains borders moved out onto the Plains to hunt.

century and they migrated annually to the West and North in the spring, and to the East and South in the fall
Many Native people followed the herds.

pronghorns, deer, bears, and all sorts of small animals and birds.

many changes in life occurred.

the place attracts many tourists. This is an unforgettable place for its surprising beauty.