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How far do the Great Plains extend from north to south?

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The Great Plains extend approximately 3,000 miles (4,800 km) from north to south.12

This vast physiographic province stretches from the Rio Grande in the south to the delta of the Mackenzie River at the Arctic Ocean in the north.12