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High Plains
High Plains refers to one of two distinct land regions: * High Plains (United States), land region of the western Great Plains *High Plains (Australia) The High Plains of south-eastern Australia are a sub-region, or more strictly a string of adjacent areas, in and adjacent to the Australian Alps, part of the Great Dividing Range. They were long used for summer grazing, in some cases since the 18 ..., land region adjacent to the Great Dividing Range See also * Altiplano (other), Spanish for high plains * Western Plains (other), term used in Australia and the US {{geodis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
High Plains (United States)
The High Plains are a subregion of the Great Plains, mainly in the Western United States, but also partly in the Midwest states of Nebraska, Kansas, and South Dakota, generally encompassing the western part of the Great Plains before the region reaches the Rocky Mountains. The High Plains are located in eastern Montana, southeastern Wyoming, southwestern South Dakota, western Nebraska, eastern Colorado, western Kansas, eastern New Mexico. The southern region of the Western High Plains ecology region contains the geological formation known as Llano Estacado which can be seen from a short distance or on satellite maps. From east to west, the High Plains rise in elevation from around . Name The term "Great Plains", for the region west of about the 96th or 98th meridian and east of the Rocky Mountains, was not generally used before the early 20th century. Nevin Fenneman's 1916 study, ''Physiographic Subdivision of the United States'', brought the term Great Plains into more w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
High Plains (Australia)
The High Plains of south-eastern Australia are a sub-region, or more strictly a string of adjacent areas, in and adjacent to the Australian Alps, part of the Great Dividing Range. They were long used for summer grazing, in some cases since the 1830s. Much of the sub-region are now national parks. Location and features Consisting of a weathered plateau divided by deep gorges, the High Plains region provided natural paddocks. The higher areas were natural grassed pastures, and lower areas were cleared of the native forest by settlers, some of whom had grazing licenses while others were merely squatters. Fences were necessary only for stockyards, as during summer the cattle had no incentive to wander into the forests or down the steep gorges. However it was essential to muster the cattle in autumn before colder weather, and even snowfalls, drove them down into the gorges. If this happened because of unseasonably early snow, or other factors, the cattle might be lost or might go feral. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Altiplano (other)
The Altiplano (Spanish for "high plain") is an Andean highland in Bolivia, Peru, and Chile. Altiplano may also refer to: Places * Altiplano Cundiboyacense, a Colombian Andean highland in Cundinamarca and Boyacá * Altiplano Nariñense, a Colombian Andean highland in Nariño and Putumayo * Mexican Altiplano, or Mexican Plateau, of northern and central Mexico * Federal Social Readaptation Center No. 1, "Altiplano", a maximum security federal prison in Mexico * Altiplano guatemalteco, or Guatemalan highlands, which culturally includes part of Chiapas, south eastern Mexico * Altiplano de Granada, in Andalucia, Spain * Altiplano de Yecla-Jumilla, a comarca of Region of Murcia, Spain * The Altiplano The Altiplano () is a small elevated valley between Findlay Ridge and Miers Valley. It was named by a New Zealand Geographical Society (NZGS) field party to the area, 1977–78, after the much larger intermontane plateau of the Andes Mountains ..., an elevated valley in Antarctica Ot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
