Great Plains

noun

1. a semiarid region E of the Rocky Mountains, in the U.S. and Canada.

Great Plains

plural noun

1. a vast region of North America east of the Rocky Mountains, extending from the lowlands of the Mackenzie River (Canada), south to the Big Bend of the Rio Grande

Great Plains

1. Grassland prairie region of North America , extending from Alberta , Saskatchewan , and Manitoba , in Canada , south through the west-central United States into Texas .

Notes

In the 1930s, areas of the Great Plains were known collectively as the Dust Bowl . Poor agricultural practices led to depletion of topsoil , which was blown away in huge dust storms. The area was called the Great American Desert well into the nineteenth century.

Now characterized by huge ranches and farms, the Great Plains were long inhabited by Native Americans .

Example Sentences

The book uses her story to probe how the Great Plains was transformed from one of the planet's most carbon-rich grasslands into one of its largest agricultural complexes.

From Salon

“It is not uncommon to see operations feeding over 20,000 pre-weaned calves in the Central Great Plains and West regions,” wrote the authors.

From Los Angeles Times

Below-normal precipitation is likely through November for the Southwest and Southern California, as well as portions of the Great Plains, the outlook shows.

From Los Angeles Times

The length of this heat wave isn’t yet clear, but the Climate Prediction Center warned that “above-normal temperatures are likely to persist across much of the West and Great Plains into early August.”

From Los Angeles Times

Most abandoned land was concentrated in the Great Plains and along the Mississippi River between southern Illinois and the Gulf of Mexico.

From Science Daily