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Prairie Pothole Region (en.wikipedia.org)

submitted 1 week ago by dantheclamman@lemmy.world to c/wikipedia@lemmy.world

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The Prairie Pothole Region (PPR) is an expansive area of the northern Great Plains that contains thousands of shallow wetlands known as potholes.

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[–] Lexam@lemmy.world 2 points 6 days ago (1 children)

The region expands to the entire Midwest during winter.

[–] BigDiction@lemmy.world 2 points 6 days ago (1 children)

We’ve just passed the equinox into construction season.

[–] lengau@midwest.social 1 points 6 days ago

The equinox is 4 days and 7 minutes after I posted this comment.

[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 1 points 6 days ago

AKA the moist zone

[–] kbal@fedia.io 3 points 1 week ago

Huh. I learned about the potholes when I was a kid and saw a couple of them, but had no idea there was such a big region named for them.