Midwest prairies
America's flat breadbasket
The Midwest prairies are the vast grasslands stretching across the central United States, from Ohio westward through Iowa, Kansas, and the Dakotas.
Before agricultural settlement, these were seas of tallgrass and mixed-grass prairie; today most have been converted to farmland.
The term evokes flatness, big skies, and agricultural heartland: driving through the Midwest prairies, the wind sweeping across the prairie.
- Great PlainsCentral North American grassland
- wide open spacesExpansive uncluttered landscapes
- grasslandsOpen grassy terrain
- homesteadingSelf-reliant land-based lifestyle
- sod housesTurf-walled prairie shelters
sea of grass · bison · biodiversity · soil fertility · crop rotation · monarch butterflies · switchgrass · milkweed · land conservation · meadowlarks · windswept plains · corn belt · native habitats · rural communities · county fair · pioneer settlers · wagon trails · coneflowers
Midwest prairiesRocky Mountains
Western North American cordillera
mountain ranges · alpine peaks · Appalachian Mountains · Sierra Nevada · mountainous terrain
Midwest prairiescoastal regions
Areas bordering oceans
Eastern Seaboard · Pacific Coast · Atlantic coastline · California coast · oceanfront
Midwest prairiesdense forest
Closely packed woodland
old-growth forest · tropical jungle · dense forests · Amazon rainforest · Mojave Desert
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