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NAL Agricultural Thesaurus
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Geographical Locations > named geographical regions > Prairie Pothole region
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Prairie Pothole region

Definition:
A wetland region encompassing the Northern Great Plains region from the upper Midwest and extending into Canada. The region has large shallow depressions that were created by retreating glaciers and has wetlands that are either temporary, seasonal, or permanent in nature.
Concept Schemes:
NALT Core
https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt
Broader Concept:
named geographical regions
Related Concepts:
URI:
https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/69792
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RDF/XMLCreated 2006-11-15, last modified 2012-11-30