Great Plains
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| Area | 13 |
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| Locations | Canada |
| the United States | |
| Coordinates | 37°N 97°W / 37°N 97°W Coordinates: 37°N 97°W / 37°N 97°W |
| Length | 3,200 km (2,000 mi) |
| Did you know | At least 250,000 people fled the Plains. |
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| ID | 1240358 |
About Great Plains
The Great Plains is a broad expanse of flat land, much of it covered in prairie, steppe, and grassland, located in America and Canada. It lies west of the Mississippi River tallgrass prairie in the United States and east of the Rocky Mountains in the U. S. and Canada.
Almost 500-mile-long lightning bolt crossed three US states
... According to the WMO, both records took place in areas prone to intense storms that produce megaflashes , namely the Great Plains region of the United States and the La Plata basin of South America s southern cone...
Why is so much of the US under water?
... It s unusual for the Great Plains and Midwest, he notes, to see this number of repeated strong storms and severe weather in one spring...
Polar vortex brings deadly cold snap to US states
... How is the cold snap affecting daily life? The US Postal Service has called a halt to mail deliveries in parts of 10 states in the Great Plains and Midwest...
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