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Northern Glaciated Plains

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Name	†	Color on Map	EPA Code‡
Pembina Escarpment	○		46a
Turtle Mountains	○		46b
Glacial Lake Basins	○		46c
Glacial Lake Deltas	○		46d
Tewaukon/Big Stone Stagnation Moraine	○		46e
End Moraine Complex	○		46f
Northern Black Prairie	○		46g
Northern Dark Brown Prairie	○		46h
Drift Plains	○		46i
Glacial Outwash	○		46j
Prairie Coteau	○		46k
Prairie Coteau Escarpment	○		46l
Big Sioux Basin	○		46m
James River Lowland	○		46n
Minnesota River Prairie	○		46o

† Status: ✓ = Complete ○ = Needs Image … = Incomplete ∅ = Stub Only

‡ This code refers to the US EPA's Level 4 ecoregion codes for the continental U.S., see here.

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↑About the Northern Glaciated Plains

The Northern Glaciated Plains, called the Aspen Parkland in some documents, are a long, narrow, curved region covering a band through southern Alberta, east into southern Saskatchewan, southeast through Manitoba and North Dakota, and into eastern South Dakota and slightly into westernmost Minnesota. This region is the coldest, northernmost portion of the North American Great Plains that were naturally covered in open grasslands.

The climate here is towards the dry end of a humid continental climate, bordering a mid-latitude steppe climate. Temperatures vary to the extreme.

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