Western Intermontane Plateau
region, North America
Also known as: Intermontane Plateau
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adaption to grazing
- In community ecology: Specialization in grazing
…the grasslands of the upper Intermontane West (which roughly includes eastern Washington and Oregon) have never supported these large grazing herds. The Great Plains had grasses that formed sods and could withstand trampling by large-hooved mammals. These sods were so tightly interwoven that early European settlers cut them to use…
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physiography of U.S.
- In United States: The Western Intermontane Region
The Cordillera’s two main chains enclose a vast intermontane region of arid basins, plateaus, and isolated mountain ranges that stretches from the Mexican border nearly to Canada and extends 600 miles from east to west. This enormous territory contains three huge subregions,…
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