GENERAL GEOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -They are flatlands that rise gently as you travel from east to west (toward the Rocky Mountains.) It is a dry area with low rainfall. Because it is so dry and often windy, dust storms are common. Over many years the land has been eroded by wind and water from storms that blow or wash away topsoil.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Great Plains is the grasslands of the central United States, but precise delineation of this region has evaded agreement due to the transition between Great Plains grasslands and forests of the eastern United States.

Detailed explanation-3: -The five themes of geography are location, place, region, movement, and human-environment interaction.

Detailed explanation-4: -The theme of place addresses this question: What’s it like there? This theme considers the characteristics that make one place different from all other places on earth. Geographers describe a place by two kinds of characteristics; physical and human.