Northern Shortgrass Prairie
Temperate grasslands, savannas, and shrublands ecoregion of Canada and the United States / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Northern Shortgrass Prairie includes parts of the Canadian provinces of Alberta and Saskatchewan, and the American Great Plains states of Montana, North Dakota, Wyoming, South Dakota and Nebraska. One of 844 terrestrial ecoregions defined by One Earth, the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) further breaks this ecoregion into the Northwestern Glaciated Plains and Northwestern Great Plains.[3]
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Northern Shortgrass Prairie | |
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Ecology | |
Realm | Nearctic |
Biome | Temperate grasslands, savannas, and shrublands |
Borders | |
Bird species | 231[1] |
Mammal species | 78[1] |
Geography | |
Area | 638,400[2] km2 (246,500 sq mi) |
Countries | |
States/Provinces | |
Climate type | Cold semi-arid (BSk) |
Conservation | |
Conservation status | Critical/Endangered[2] |
Global 200 | Yes |
Habitat loss | 28.690%[1] |
Protected | 14.8%[1] |
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