Sentence examples for prairie area from inspiring English sources

Blue grama and other grasses dominate the prairie area in the south, although cacti, tumbleweeds, and sagebrush are more conspicuous; few trees grow naturally outside river valleys.

And that sighting may prove the death-blow to a $319m irrigation project in the Arkansas corner of the Delta.The Grand Prairie Area Demonstration Project seemed, at first, a fine idea.

But the Grand Prairie area is the first whose aquifer problems have prompted the Corps of Engineers to propose stepping in, a move that many see as an important test case as water shortages, even in the East, have become common.

Pumping of groundwater from the alluvial aquifer for agriculture started in the early 1900s in the Grand Prairie area for the irrigation of rice and soybeans.

The first effort to optimize groundwater withdrawals from the alluvial aquifer was conducted by Peralta and others (Peralta R et al. 1985) who estimated future groundwater availability in the Grand Prairie area.

Vernal pools fill in from October to June in the mounded prairie area due to the andesite's impermeability.

The prairie areas of southern and southwestern Minnesota support characteristically Corn Belt crops (corn [maize] and soybeans) and livestock.

Little bluestem (Schizachyrium scoparium, formerly A. scoparius), is 0.5 1.5 metres (1.6 5 feet) tall and is found in dry prairie areas of North America.

US grassland prairie areas with rainfall and temperature comparable to disease-endemic areas in Africa and areas supporting beef cattle and sheep production may be at elevated risk.

South of the Platte and west of the prairie soil area, the soil is best suited to small-grain production.

When we moved into the "prairie," an area of the swamp with long, yellowy saw grass and dwarf cypress trees instead of vegetation that would supply a thick canopy overhead, we realized that much of the water had evaporated.