<P> The Great Plains ( sometimes simply `` the Plains '' ) is the broad expanse of flat land ( a plain ) , much of it covered in prairie , steppe , and grassland , that lies west of the Mississippi River tallgrass prairie in the United States and east of the Rocky Mountains in the U.S. and Canada . It embraces : </P>
<P> The Great Plains ( sometimes simply `` the Plains '' ) is the broad expanse of flat land ( a plain ) , much of it covered in prairie , steppe , and grassland , that lies west of the Mississippi River tallgrass prairie in the United States and east of the Rocky Mountains in the U.S. and Canada . It embraces : </P>
what type of land is the great plains
what type of land is the great plains
flat land ( a plain ) , much of it covered in prairie , steppe , and grassland
flat land ( a plain ) , much of it covered in prairie , steppe , and grassland