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Index Great bison belt

The great bison belt is a tract of rich grassland that ran from Alaska to the Gulf of Mexico from around 9000 BC.[1]

Table of Contents

  1. 29 relations: Alaska, Alberta, American bison, Bison, Bouteloua dactyloides, Bouteloua gracilis, California, Canada, Carrying capacity, Deforestation, Dust Bowl, Grassland, Great American Desert, Gulf of Mexico, Holocene, Last Glacial Period, Megafauna, Mexico, Paleo-Indians, Plains Indians, Poaceae, Potomac River, Rain, Root, Ruminant, Texas panhandle, Ungulate, Virginia, Yellowstone National Park.

  2. 9th-millennium BC establishments
  3. American bison
  4. Belt regions of the United States
  5. Grasslands of Canada
  6. Grasslands of the United States
  7. Paleo-Indian period

Alaska

Alaska is a non-contiguous U.S. state on the northwest extremity of North America.

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Alberta

Alberta is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada.

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American bison

The American bison (Bison bison;: bison), also called the American buffalo, or simply buffalo (not to be confused with true buffalo), is a species of bison native to North America.

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Bison

A bison (bison) is a large bovine in the genus Bison (Greek: "wild ox" (bison)) within the tribe Bovini.

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Bouteloua dactyloides

Bouteloua dactyloides, commonly known as buffalograss or buffalo grass, is a North American prairie grass native to Canada, Mexico, and the United States.

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Bouteloua gracilis

Bouteloua gracilis, the blue grama, is a long-lived, warm-season (C4) perennial grass, native to North America.

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California

California is a state in the Western United States, lying on the American Pacific Coast.

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Canada

Canada is a country in North America.

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Carrying capacity

The carrying capacity of an environment is the maximum population size of a biological species that can be sustained by that specific environment, given the food, habitat, water, and other resources available.

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Deforestation

Deforestation or forest clearance is the removal and destruction of a forest or stand of trees from land that is then converted to non-forest use.

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Dust Bowl

The Dust Bowl was the result of a period of severe dust storms that greatly damaged the ecology and agriculture of the American and Canadian prairies during the 1930s. Great bison belt and dust Bowl are great Plains.

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Grassland

A grassland is an area where the vegetation is dominated by grasses (Poaceae).

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Great American Desert

The term Great American Desert was used in the 19th century to describe the part of North America east of the Rocky Mountains to approximately the 100th meridian. Great bison belt and Great American Desert are great Plains.

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Gulf of Mexico

The Gulf of Mexico (Golfo de México) is an ocean basin and a marginal sea of the Atlantic Ocean, mostly surrounded by the North American continent.

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Holocene

The Holocene is the current geological epoch, beginning approximately 11,700 years ago.

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Last Glacial Period

The Last Glacial Period (LGP), also known as the Last glacial cycle, occurred from the end of the Last Interglacial to the beginning of the Holocene, years ago, and thus corresponds to most of the timespan of the Late Pleistocene.

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Megafauna

In zoology, megafauna (from Greek μέγας megas "large" and Neo-Latin fauna "animal life") are large animals.

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Mexico

Mexico, officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America.

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Paleo-Indians

Paleo-Indians were the first peoples who entered and subsequently inhabited the Americas towards the end of the Late Pleistocene period. Great bison belt and Paleo-Indians are Paleo-Indian period.

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Plains Indians

Plains Indians or Indigenous peoples of the Great Plains and Canadian Prairies are the Native American tribes and First Nation band governments who have historically lived on the Interior Plains (the Great Plains and Canadian Prairies) of North America. Great bison belt and Plains Indians are great Plains.

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Poaceae

Poaceae, also called Gramineae, is a large and nearly ubiquitous family of monocotyledonous flowering plants commonly known as grasses.

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Potomac River

The Potomac River is a major river in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States that flows from the Potomac Highlands in West Virginia to the Chesapeake Bay in Maryland.

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Rain

Rain is water droplets that have condensed from atmospheric water vapor and then fall under gravity.

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Root

In vascular plants, the roots are the organs of a plant that are modified to provide anchorage for the plant and take in water and nutrients into the plant body, which allows plants to grow taller and faster.

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Ruminant

Ruminants are herbivorous grazing or browsing artiodactyls belonging to the suborder Ruminantia that are able to acquire nutrients from plant-based food by fermenting it in a specialized stomach prior to digestion, principally through microbial actions.

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Texas panhandle

The Texas panhandle is a region of the U.S. state of Texas consisting of the northernmost 26 counties in the state.

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Ungulate

Ungulates are members of the diverse clade Euungulata ("true ungulates"), which primarily consists of large mammals with hooves.

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Virginia

Virginia, officially the Commonwealth of Virginia, is a state in the Southeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States between the Atlantic Coast and the Appalachian Mountains.

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Yellowstone National Park

Yellowstone National Park is a national park located in the western United States, largely in the northwest corner of Wyoming and extending into Montana and Idaho.

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See also

9th-millennium BC establishments

American bison

Belt regions of the United States

Grasslands of Canada

Grasslands of the United States

Paleo-Indian period

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_bison_belt