GENERAL GEOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Some 2, 500 miles long and 600 miles across at its widest point, great swathes of prairie and grassland lay home to cattle faming, crops and latter day wind farms.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Great Plains, located in North America, have an area of approximately 1, 125, 000 square miles (2, 900, 000 square km), roughly equivalent to one-third of the United States. Their length from north to south is some 3, 000 miles (4, 800 km) and their width from east to west is 300 to 700 miles.

Detailed explanation-3: -For purposes of this study, the Great Plains is defined as all counties in Colorado, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Texas, and Wyoming.

Detailed explanation-4: -West Siberian Plain, Russian Zapadno-sibirskaya Ravnina, one of the world’s largest regions of continuous flatland, central Russia. It occupies an area of nearly 1, 200, 000 square miles (3, 000, 000 square km) between the Ural Mountains in the west and the Yenisey River valley in the east.