Great plains, Chapter 11

Abstract

The North American Great Plains are the largest contiguous ecoregion in North America, covering 3.5 million square km², or 16 percent of the continental area (CEC 1997). In the United States, the Great Plains ecoregion encompasses a roughly triangular region (Figure 2.2), bordered on the west by the Rocky Mountains and the southwestern deserts in Texas and northern Mexico, on the east by the Eastern Temperate and Northern Forests ecoregions, and extending well into Canada to the north.

Parent Publication

• Assessment of Nitrogen deposition effects and empirical critical loads of Nitrogen for ecoregions of the United States

Citation

Clark, C.M. 2011. Great plains, Chapter 11. In: Pardo, L.H.; Robin-Abbott, M.J.; Driscoll, C.T., eds. Assessment of Nitrogen deposition effects and empirical critical loads of Nitrogen for ecoregions of the United States. Gen. Tech. Rep. NRS-80. Newtown Square, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northern Research Station: 117-132.