Colonization and landscape - Landscape at forty degrees

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What happens when you further to the west?

the landscape is drier and gradually increases in altitude: the Great Plains.

What kind of relief are the Great Plains?

a plateau (higher than 500 m)

What does the vegetation look like in this area?

natural vegetation of prairie grasses (steppe).
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What does the agriculture look like in this area?

In this region crops can only be grown with irrigation water pumped out of the ground. The farmers grow wheat, so the area is called the Wheat Belt. This is also a region of extensive livestock farming?

What is and extensive livestock farming look like?

Farming with few animals per hectare, with livestock roaming enormous grassy plains

What is to the west of the Rocky mountains?

the Great Basin, an area of plateaus that are about 1,500 m high

Why is so dry there in the hundred-kilometre wide,elongated Central valley

Because it lies in the rain shadow of the surrounding mountains.

What do farmers grow in this area?

citrus fruits, rice and vegetables with the help of irrigation

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