Prairie Plains

The Prairie Plains region in northeastern Oklahoma is characterized by grazing in its rougher areas and vegetable farming in river valleys. This region also contains oil and gas fields and is subject to strip-mining for coal. It features several medium-sized towns, some of which have small manufacturing plants.1

Oklahoma itself lies in a transitional zone, encompassing diverse environments from mountainous to plains, and semiarid to humid conditions. The state is part of the larger Great Plains physiographic province of North America, which stretches across parts of ten U.S. states and three Canadian provinces. The climate of Oklahoma is influenced by colliding air masses, leading to varied weather patterns.123