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Okavango Basin

The Okavango Basin spans Angola, Namibia, and Botswana, famously feeding the Okavango Delta, a vast inland river system...

Africa Botswana Semi Arid Inland Delta

8.6 Great

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Mississippi Alluvial Plain

The Mississippi Alluvial Plain is a fertile floodplain along the lower Mississippi River in the southeastern United Stat...

USA North America Subtropical River Delta

8.2 Great

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Great Plains

The Great Plains is a vast semi-arid grassland of central North America spanning roughly 500 million acres across 10 U.S...

Temperate North America Agricultural USA Canada

7.8 Good

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San Joaquin Valley

The San Joaquin Valley is the southern half of California's Central Valley and one of the world's most productive agricu...

Mediterranean North America Agricultural Alluvial

7.8 Good

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Punjab Plain

Spanning parts of India and Pakistan, the Punjab Plain is an alluvial region watered by five tributaries of the Indus Ri...

Agricultural South Asia Semi Arid Alluvial

7.8 Good

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Amboseli Plain

The Amboseli Plain in southern Kenya is an arid landscape famous for its national park, distinguished by its large eleph...

Wildlife Africa Savanna Kenya

7.8 Good

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Kalahari Basin

Covering over 2 million square kilometers in Southern Africa, the Kalahari Basin is an expansive sand-filled structural...

Africa Basin Semi Arid Botswana Namibia South Africa

7.8 Good

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Midwest Corn Belt Plain

A highly productive agricultural plain spanning Iowa, Illinois, and Indiana in the central United States, producing a la...

USA Temperate North America Agricultural

7.8 Good

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Interior Plains (Canada)

The Interior Plains of Canada are vast sedimentary lowlands spanning Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Alberta, forming the Ca...

Canada North America Agricultural Continental

7.6 Good

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Willamette Valley

The Willamette Valley is a fertile lowland in northwestern Oregon between the Coast Range and Cascades, historically the...

Temperate North America Agricultural Alluvial

7.5 Good

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Sahel

The Sahel is a vast semi-arid ecoclimatic zone in Africa stretching from Senegal to Sudan, acting as a transitional belt...

Africa Transitional Semi Arid Multi Country

7.5 Good

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Sacramento Valley

The Sacramento Valley is the northern portion of California's Central Valley drained by the Sacramento River, a leading...

Mediterranean North America Agricultural Alluvial

7.4 Good

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High Plains (USA)

The High Plains are the elevated semiarid western portion of the U.S. Great Plains, stretching from South Dakota to Texa...

USA North America Semi Arid Tableland

7.4 Good

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Llano Estacado

The Llano Estacado is a large elevated tableland in eastern New Mexico and western Texas, one of the largest mesas in No...

North America Semi Arid Caprock Tableland

7.3 Good

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Gulf Coastal Plain

The Gulf Coastal Plain is a low-lying sedimentary plain bordering the Gulf of Mexico from Texas to Florida, notable for...

USA Coastal North America Subtropical

7.2 Good

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Awash Valley

The Awash Valley in Ethiopia is an internationally significant paleoanthropological site where numerous early hominid fo...

Africa Agricultural Ethiopia Semi Arid

7.2 Good

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Columbia Basin

The Columbia Basin is a plateau in the Pacific Northwest USA underlain by ancient flood basalts, partially converted to...

North America Agricultural Basalt Semi Arid

6.9 Fair

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Snake River Plain

The Snake River Plain is a crescent-shaped volcanic plain in southern Idaho formed by the eastward track of the Yellowst...

Volcanic North America Semi Arid Lava Field

6.8 Fair

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Ordos Basin

The Ordos Basin is a large sedimentary depression in northcentral China, notable for housing the Mu Us Desert and servin...

Asia Semi Arid Loess Plateau Plain

6.8 Fair

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Saskatchewan Plain

Part of Canada's Interior Plains in Saskatchewan province, a predominantly flat, agriculturally productive section of th...

Canada North America Glacial Wheat

6.3 Fair