The Great Plains of the United States are located between the Rocky Mountain, Corn Belt and near the Grea lakes region. The Great Plains region consists of the states Nebraska, Montana, Texas, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Wyoming, part of Colorado, New Mexico, and North Dakota, Minnesota, Kansas, and Iowa.
According to the Book, The Geograpphy of North America: Environment, Culture, Economy, "The climate of the Great Plains is characterized by unpredictability, variability, and extremes from day to day, month to month, and year to year. Searing sum-mer heat contrasts with bone-chilling cold. Months of drought give way to flooding rains and violent storms. At any given time, sharp differences in temperature and moisture may be observed even between nearby places.
Fun Fact: Due to the immense lack of forestation, many early settlers referred to The Great Plains as "The Great American Desert.
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The History of the settlement of the Great Plains began with the Native American tribes such as the Cheyenne, Comanche, Plains Apache, and Blackfoot before European settlers would eventually invade the native land during the 1870s.
Today, The Great Plains region has become a mecca for alternative energy projects, vast oil fields and a has continued to be a hot spot for agricultural prosperity and the the meat packing industry.
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Much like the Great Plains, Los Angeles too, is a region where oil fields, agricultural promise, and alternative energy projects can be found. Pictured here, This oil drill is located within the Baldwin Hills-LaDera Heights area of Los Angeles, up the hill from the Leimert Park Area mentioned in one of the previous chapters. Although Los Angeles is not widely recognized as an oil capitol in the United States, The city boasts some of the most unique locations for Oil fields, Oil drills, and Oil Wells such as this one located in Beverly Hills (pictured below: courtesy of www.fastcompany.com)
Fun Fact: Due to the immense lack of forestation, many early settlers referred to The Great Plains as "The Great American Desert.
(coutesy of www.wunderground.com) The History of the settlement of the Great Plains began with the Native American tribes such as the Cheyenne, Comanche, Plains Apache, and Blackfoot before European settlers would eventually invade the native land during the 1870s.
Today, The Great Plains region has become a mecca for alternative energy projects, vast oil fields and a has continued to be a hot spot for agricultural prosperity and the the meat packing industry.
(www.ridley-thomas.lacounty.gov)
Much like the Great Plains, Los Angeles too, is a region where oil fields, agricultural promise, and alternative energy projects can be found. Pictured here, This oil drill is located within the Baldwin Hills-LaDera Heights area of Los Angeles, up the hill from the Leimert Park Area mentioned in one of the previous chapters. Although Los Angeles is not widely recognized as an oil capitol in the United States, The city boasts some of the most unique locations for Oil fields, Oil drills, and Oil Wells such as this one located in Beverly Hills (pictured below: courtesy of www.fastcompany.com)
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