page_title: Great Plains
hierarchical_section_title: Great Plains
caption_attribution_description: English: A map of the Great Plains, shaded in transparent red.
context_page_description: The Great Plains is a broad expanse of flat land, much of it covered in prairie, steppe, and grassland, located in the interior of North America. 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.
  It encompasses:
  The entirety of Nebraska, North Dakota, and South Dakota
  Parts of Colorado, Kansas, Minnesota, Montana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas, and Wyoming
  The southern portions of Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba
  The region is known for supporting extensive cattle ranching and dry farming. The Canadian portion of the Plains is known as the Canadian Prairies. It covers much of Alberta and southern Saskatchewan, and a narrow band of southern Manitoba.
context_section_description: The Great Plains (sometimes simply "the Plains") is a broad expanse of flat land (a plain), much of it covered in prairie, steppe, and grassland, located in the interior of North America. 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.
  It encompasses:
  The entirety of Nebraska, North Dakota, and South Dakota
  Parts of Colorado, Kansas, Minnesota, Montana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas, and Wyoming
  The southern portions of Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba
  The region is known for supporting extensive cattle ranching and dry farming. The Canadian portion of the Plains is known as the Canadian Prairies. It covers much of Alberta and southern Saskatchewan, and a narrow band of southern Manitoba.
caption: Approximate extent of the Great Plains[1]
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