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<blockquote data-quote="mythusmage" data-source="post: 2488982" data-attributes="member: 571">Seriously, I'd be interested in this as well. Of course, plains are not what most people think they are.Take the North European Plain for instance. This stretches from Northern France in the West to Central Asia in the east, with vegetation ranging from farmland and meadows (France) to forest and steppe. Rolling plains to rolling hills for the most part, with the largest known swamp (The Pripet Marshes in Russia) about midway.A plain is simply a more or less flat bit of ground with no appreciable discontinuity with adjacent terrain.A prairie is a dry grassland. Unlike a veldt or savannah plants other than grasses are confined to the immediate area of waterways and ponds or lakes. Prairies come in three types, short grass prairies, tall grass prairies, and mixed prairies. These days tall grass prairies are restricted by and large to the Dakotas.Water on a plain depends on the local climate. Water on a prairie is scarce. Adventuring parties seeking to cross a prairie are urged to take extra along, and to keep an eye out for seasonal bodies of water and the occasional water way.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="mythusmage, post: 2488982, member: 571"] Seriously, I'd be interested in this as well. Of course, plains are not what most people think they are. Take the North European Plain for instance. This stretches from Northern France in the West to Central Asia in the east, with vegetation ranging from farmland and meadows (France) to forest and steppe. Rolling plains to rolling hills for the most part, with the largest known swamp (The Pripet Marshes in Russia) about midway. A plain is simply a more or less flat bit of ground with no appreciable discontinuity with adjacent terrain. A prairie is a dry grassland. Unlike a veldt or savannah plants other than grasses are confined to the immediate area of waterways and ponds or lakes. Prairies come in three types, short grass prairies, tall grass prairies, and mixed prairies. These days tall grass prairies are restricted by and large to the Dakotas. Water on a plain depends on the local climate. Water on a prairie is scarce. Adventuring parties seeking to cross a prairie are urged to take extra along, and to keep an eye out for seasonal bodies of water and the occasional water way. [/QUOTE]

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