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r/geography • u/tycoon_irony Geography Enthusiast • 26d ago
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Next question - why does 90% look like this?
15 u/Fantastic-Ear706 26d ago It’s the great plains! Lol Glaciers flattened it 7 u/RoryDragonsbane 26d ago Glaciers caused the central lowlands, but didn't go far enough to form the Great Plains. They were once the bottom of a sea https://www.nps.gov/parkhistory/online_books/geology/publications/bul/1493/sec1.htm https://npshistory.com/publications/geology/bul/1493/sec3.htm 3 u/[deleted] 26d ago The Appalachian mountains were so heavy, they pushed the Great plains under water 2 u/GooGooMukk 26d ago Sitting in the rain shadow of the Rockies; enough water for grass, but not for trees. 1 u/plug-and-pause 26d ago Next question, why is it sitting in the rain shadow of the Rockies? (Not actually asking, just trying to continue the chain of silly whys)
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It’s the great plains! Lol Glaciers flattened it
7 u/RoryDragonsbane 26d ago Glaciers caused the central lowlands, but didn't go far enough to form the Great Plains. They were once the bottom of a sea https://www.nps.gov/parkhistory/online_books/geology/publications/bul/1493/sec1.htm https://npshistory.com/publications/geology/bul/1493/sec3.htm 3 u/[deleted] 26d ago The Appalachian mountains were so heavy, they pushed the Great plains under water
Glaciers caused the central lowlands, but didn't go far enough to form the Great Plains. They were once the bottom of a sea
https://www.nps.gov/parkhistory/online_books/geology/publications/bul/1493/sec1.htm
https://npshistory.com/publications/geology/bul/1493/sec3.htm
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The Appalachian mountains were so heavy, they pushed the Great plains under water
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Sitting in the rain shadow of the Rockies; enough water for grass, but not for trees.
1 u/plug-and-pause 26d ago Next question, why is it sitting in the rain shadow of the Rockies? (Not actually asking, just trying to continue the chain of silly whys)
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Next question, why is it sitting in the rain shadow of the Rockies?
(Not actually asking, just trying to continue the chain of silly whys)
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u/KakaoFugl 26d ago
Next question - why does 90% look like this?