The%20Land%20and%20People%20of%20the%20Midwest

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The Land and People of the Midwest

• By Jeffrey Barillas

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The Land

• A huge underground collection of water called an
  aquifer lies under part of the Midwest.
  Midwestern weather can be harsh. As you can see
  in the diagram above, huge, swirling windstorms
  called tornados often strike the region. In the
  early 1800s, the Great Plains and much of the
  central plains were covered by grasslands. The

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State Websites

• Minnesota
• Iowa
• Wisconsin
• North Dakota
• South Dakota