what is prairies?

Answer 1

It's a broad/flat region of central / midwest United States that is mostly grass, flowers, herbs, and few trees.

Answer 2

Prairie refers to an area of land of low topographic relief that historically supported grasses and herbs, with few trees, and having generally a mesic (moderate or temperate) climate

Lands typically referred to as "prairie" tend to be in North America. The term encompassed much of the area referred to as the Great Plains of the United States and Canada. In the U.S., the area was constituted by most or all of the states of North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, Colorado, Wyoming and Montana, and sizeable parts of the states of Indiana, Illinois, Iowa, Missouri, Wisconsin and Minnesota. In Canada, prairie occupied vast areas of Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Alberta. French explorers called these areas prairie, from the French word for "meadow". Sometimes, in the United States and Canada, a distinction is made between the shortgrass vegetation of the High Plains west of the 100th meridian and the midgrass and tallgrass vegetation to the east (from central Texas to southern Manitoba). When this distinction is made, it is common to limit the word "prairie" to the midgrass and tallgrass area. Almost all of this area has been converted into farmland in the last two hundred years (the shortgrass area can be considered to be a steppe).

Prairies are considered part of the temperate grasslands, savannas, and shrublands biome by ecologists, based on similar temperate climates, moderate rainfall, and grasses, herbs, and shrubs, rather than trees, as the dominant vegetation type. Other temperate grasslands regions include the Pampas of Argentina, and the steppes of Russia and Ukraine and Western Germany.

Answer 3

Prairie refers to an area of land in North America of low topographic relief that principally supports grasses and herbs, with few trees, and is generally of a mesic (moderate or temperate) climate. Most of the Great Plains, most of the states of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois and Iowa, and much of Missouri and Minnesota is considered prairie. French explorers called these areas "prairie", from the French word for "meadow".

Answer 4

Prairies are the temperate grasslands of North America with short and soft grasses ideal for grazing cattle.

Answer 5

What temperature is prairies

Answer 6

prairies-An extensive area of flat or rolling, predominantly treeless grassland, especially the large tract or plain of central North America. [French, from Old French praierie, from Latin pr³ta, meadow.]

Answer 7

"The Prairies" is the collective name given to the "middle three" provinces of Canada, namely, Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta.