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Environment Of Minnesota
The natural history of Minnesota covers the plant and animal species of the United States, U.S. state of Minnesota. The continental climate and location of Minnesota at the Physiographic regions of the world, physiographic intersection of the Laurentian Upland, Laurentian and the Interior Plains influences its plant and animal life. Three of North America's biomes converge in Minnesota: prairie, prairie grasslands in the southwestern and western parts of the state, the eastern temperate deciduous forests in the east-central and the southeast, and the Temperate coniferous forest, coniferous forest in the north-central and northeast. Ecoregions An ecoregion is an area uniquely defined by environmental conditions and natural features. Ecoregions in Minnesota were largely influenced by the unique Glacial history of Minnesota, glacial history, Geology of Minnesota, geology, soil type, land use, and Climate of Minnesota, climate of the state. The United States Environmental Protection A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Minnesota Terrestrial Biomes
Minnesota ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Upper Midwestern region of the United States. It is bordered by the Canadian provinces of Manitoba and Ontario to the north and east and by the U.S. states of Wisconsin to the east, Iowa to the south, and North Dakota and South Dakota to the west. It is the List of U.S. states and territories by area, 12th-largest U.S. state in area and the List of U.S. states and territories by population, 22nd-most populous, with about 5.8 million residents. Minnesota is known as the "Land of 10,000 Lakes"; it has 14,420 bodies of fresh water covering at least ten acres each. Roughly a third of the state is Forest cover by state and territory in the United States, forested. Much of the remainder is prairie and farmland. More than 60% of Minnesotans (about 3.71 million) live in the Minneapolis–Saint Paul metropolitan area, known as the "Twin Cities", which is Minnesota's main Politics of Minnesota, political, Economy of Minnesota, economic, and C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
