The Great Plains are the vast expanse of flat to gently rolling grassland and prairie stretching across the interior of North America, from the Canadian Prairie provinces through the central United States to Texas. Historically the range of vast bison herds and the homeland of numerous Plains Indian nations, the region was transformed by nineteenth-century settlement into one of the world's most productive agricultural zones for wheat, corn and cattle.
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Region TypePhysiographic or Climatic Region 1 Region TypePhysiographic or Climatic Region 1 Area (sq km)Source states this as approximate ("approximately 500,000 sq mi"). Connections
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Source Wikipedia: OjibweIntroduction, paragraph 1, sentence 1, homeland clauseQuote, Introduction, paragraph 1, sentence 1, homeland clause
covers much of the Great Lakes region and the northern plains
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Source Wikipedia: Caddoan LanguagesLead sentence 1tier 2Quote, Lead sentence 1
The Caddoan languages are a family of languages native to the Great Plains spoken by tribal groups of the central United States, from present-day North Dakota south to Oklahoma.
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Source Wikipedia: Siouan LanguagesLead paragraph of the cited Wikipedia articletier 2Quote, Lead paragraph of the cited Wikipedia article
Siouan ( SOO-ən), also known as Siouan–Catawban ( SOO-ən kə-TAW-bən), is a language family of North America located primarily in the Great Plains, Ohio and Mississippi valleys and southeastern North America with a few other languages in the east.
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1. The Great Plains (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationIntroductionQuote, Introduction
The Great Plains (French: Grandes Plaines) is a broad expanse of flatland in North America.
2. Great Plains (Wikipedia)
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It has an area of approximately 500,000 sq mi (1,300,000 km2).
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However, during the Late Cretaceous to the Paleocene (65-55 million years ago), the seaway had begun to recede, leaving behind thick marine deposits and a relatively flat terrain which the seaway had once occupied.
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