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29 Central Oklahoma/Texas Plains; 30 Edwards Plateau; 31 Southern Texas Plains; 40 Central Irregular Plains; 42 Northwestern Glaciated Plains; 43 Northwestern Great Plains; 44 Nebraska Sand Hills; 46 Northern Glaciated Plains; 47 Western Corn Belt Plains; 48 Lake Agassiz Plain; The corresponding name in Canada for the same ecoregion is the ...
"Great Plains", or Western Plains, is also the ecoregion of the Great Plains or alternatively the western portion of the Great Plains. The Great Plains lie across both the Central United States and Western Canada, encompassing: Most or all of the U.S. states of Kansas, Nebraska, and North and South Dakota;
The first documented use of the phrase "United States of America" is a letter from January 2, 1776. Stephen Moylan, a Continental Army aide to General George Washington, wrote to Joseph Reed, Washington's aide-de-camp, seeking to go "with full and ample powers from the United States of America to Spain" to seek assistance in the Revolutionary War effort.
Portage la Prairie (/ ˈ p ɔːr t ɪ dʒ l ə ˈ p r ɛər i /) is a small city in the Central Plains Region of Manitoba, Canada.In 2016, the population was 13,304 and the land area was 24.68 square kilometres (9.53 sq mi).
A 100-year flood is a flood event that has on average a 1 in 100 chance (1% probability) of being equaled or exceeded in any given year. [1] A 100-year flood is also referred to as a 1% flood. [2] For coastal or lake flooding, a 100-year flood is generally expressed as a flood elevation or depth, and may include wave effects. For river systems ...
The Early Woodland period continued many trends begun during the Late and Terminal Archaic periods, including extensive mound-building, regional distinctive burial complexes, the trade of exotic goods across a large area of North America as part of interaction spheres, the reliance on both wild and domesticated plant foods, and a mobile subsistence strategy in which small groups took advantage ...
Most waves are less than 3 m (10 ft) high [74] and it is not unusual for strong storms to double or triple that height. [75] Rogue waves, however, have been documented at heights above 25 meters (82 ft). [76] [77] The top of a wave is known as the crest, the lowest point between waves is the trough and the distance between the crests is the ...