The Great Plains

The Great Plains includes parts Minnesota, Iowa, North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, Montana, Wyoming, Colorado, and New Mexico. The land is rather flat while Los Angeles is flat but also has mountains and beaches. The climate in the Great Plains is very unpredictable unlike the Los Angeles weather where its hot in the summer and rainy in the winter and spring. There are also hazards for a possible tornado unlike L.A.. The Great Plains economy is dependent of its primary sector and it has made it vulnerable unlike the City of Angels. The Great Plains is known for its coal and oil mining and meatpacking business.

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The Geography of North America, 2nd Edition

Hardwick, Shelley, Holtgrieve