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Great Plains

Term · Environment · MLC-T-ENV-012543

Refers to the continental slope of central North America in Canada and the United States, a vast grassland between the Mississippi River and the Rocky Mountains and from present-day provinces of Alberta and Saskatchewan in Canada through the present-day state of Texas in the United States. The area is drained principally by rivers that rise in the Rocky Mountains, namely the Missouri and Mississippi rivers; the valleys of this watershed are the most reliable sites from which to obtain fresh water, wood, and most plant foods.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ENV-012543
FieldEnvironment
SubjectGeneral environmental
ReferencesGetty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
Record as JSON 
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  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-012543",
  "term": "Great Plains",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "Refers to the continental slope of central North America in Canada and the United States, a vast grassland between the Mississippi River and the Rocky Mountains and from present-day provinces of Alberta and Saskatchewan in Canada through the present-day state of Texas in the United States. The area is drained principally by rivers that rise in the Rocky Mountains, namely the Missouri and Mississippi rivers; the valleys of this watershed are the most reliable sites from which to obtain fresh water, wood, and most plant foods.",
  "subject": "General environmental",
  "references": [
    "Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/great-plains/"
}

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