The Great Plain and Prairies

The Region of the Great Plains

The Great Plains and Praries is a very long and flat land full of grasslands. Despite some regions being less attractive than others. "The Sand Hillsof nebraska, the Badland of South Dakota, the Alberta uplands, the Manitoba lowland-there are a few examples of the Great plains landscapes that are  different both geologically and in their apperance" (pg 233 text book). The great plains have different environments in respect to thier region. The west side of the Great Plains is much more drying than the east portion.

Montana left , Sand Hills Nebraska on the right,  Badlands South Dakota below. These are just a few different features of the environment that the Great Plains pocess.

Agriculture

The Agriculture in the Great Plains is large scale and machinery intesive. The whole region usually produces the same kinds of crops due to the environment of the great plains that make those crops suitable for their production. The crop that is mostly grown in the region is Wheat. "Wheat is by far the most important crop grown in the region, combining crop tolarance of dry conditions with large, reliable market demand" (pg241 textbook).  The system of irrigation usually used in the regions is center pivot irrigation systems throughout the great plains.  "Draw on subsurface water, each circle shown to the right is 1/2-mile in diameter"( pg 245 textbook).