high plains
Treeless prairie regions
High plains are elevated, flat expanses of land, typically characterized by semi-arid climate and grassland vegetation.
In North America, the High Plains refer specifically to the western portion of the Great Plains, stretching from Texas northward through Montana—a region of cattle ranches, wheat farming, and sparse population: The high plains wind never seemed to stop.
- ranchingOperating a livestock farm
- cattle driveMoving herd to market
- prairieOpen grassy flatland
- Ogallala AquiferMassive underground freshwater deposit
- steppeTreeless Eurasian grassland
barbed wire fence · plateau · grassland · homesteading · frontier life · mesa · bison · wide open spaces · farming · wheat fields · escarpment · indigenous tribes · dust storms · dust bowl · windmills · thunderstorms · caliche · aquifers
- grasslandsgrassland, prairie, steppe, savanna, pampas
- open landplain, grasslands, prairies, meadow, pasture
- Rocky Mountain WestWyoming, Montana, Yellowstone, Grand Teton, cowboys
- Western Terrainprairies, valleys, peaks, ridges, buttes
- Great Plainsgrassland, grasslands, shortgrass prairie, tallgrass prairie, sandhills
- rangelandgrazing land, open range, cattle range, grassland, steppe
high plainslowlands
Low-elevation flat terrain
low country · coastal plains · river valleys · floodplains · deltas
high plainsmountains
Tall elevated landmasses
mountain range · mountain ranges · highlands · rugged terrain · Alps
high plainsforest
Tree-dense ecosystem
dense forest · forests · woodlands · woodland · rainforest