Fantastic Facts About: The Great Plains

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Fantastic Facts About The Great Plains

• Jamie, C.J., Drew
• 4th Shay

US Regions
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Location

• The Great Plains is from Canada to Texas. The
  places are Canada, to North Dakota, to South
  Dakota, to Nebraska, to Kansas, to Okalahoma, to
  Texas and New Mexico

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Plant Life

• The Great Plains has a lot of plants like little
  blue stem, buffalo grass, and crested wheat
  grass.
• It also grows wheat, alfalfa grass, barley, and
  oats.
• There are other cool plants like big blue stem,
  prairie cord grass, Indian grass, Canadian wild
  rye, and switch grass.

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Animal Life

• The Great Plains have lizards, opossums,
  prairie dogs, weasels, raccoons, rattlesnakes,
  and skunks.
• Buffalo also live on the Great Plains

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Interesting Fact.

• The Great Plains is the largest region in
  the U.S.A.
• The Indians were the first to settle on the
  Great Plains!
• The Indians decided to trade with the French.
• Some pioneers lived on the Great Plains in a sod
  house.
• The Great Plains is 2,500 miles long (4,020
  kilometers).
• The Great Plains is very dry and barely any
  trees grow there.

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Bibliography

• World Book 2000
• 4th Grade Social Studies, Our US
• World Book for Kids