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In Canada, the term "prairie provinces" or "the prairies" refers to the provinces of Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba. See also Canadian prairies.
Fire is an important part of prairie ecology; natural and human induced fires were common in historic prairie areas. Grazing by animals such as the American Bison and Prairie dogs also helped maintain the original prairie ecology. Prairies were also artificially created by Native Americans in eastern North AmericaNorth America is the third largest continent in area and the fourth ranked in population. It is bounded on the north by the Arctic Ocean, on the east by the North Atlantic Ocean, on the south by the Caribbean Sea, and on the west by the North Pacific Ocea by periodic burning. One such area was along the southwestern shore of Lake ErieLeamington, Ontario Lake Erie is one of the five large freshwater Great Lakes in North America, the world's largest such lakes. Lake Erie itself is the 13th largest natural lake, if the Caspian and Aral Seas are counted. It has a surface area of 24,000 km in what is now PennsylvaniaPennsylvania (the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania is one of four states of the United States of America that is called a commonwealth. It has given its name to the Pennsylvanian time period in geology. Pennsylvania is called the Keystone State. Although Swed and New YorkNew York is a state in the northeastern United States whose U. postal abbreviation is NY . It is sometimes called New York State when there is need to distinguish it from New York City. History See: History of New York New York was one of the thirteen col; another was between Seneca LakeSeneca Lake is the second longest (at 38 miles (60 km) long) of western New York's glacial Finger Lakes and has the largest volume, estimated at 4. 2 trillion US gallons (16 km³) which is 50% of all the water in all the Finger Lakes. At its deepest point and Cayuga LakeCayuga Lake is the longest of western New York's glacial Finger Lakes and has the largest surface area. Ithaca, New York, site of Cornell University, sits at the southern end of Cayuga Lake. Cornell's alma mater or official school song makes reference to in present New York.
Prairies are considered part of the temperate grasslands, savannas, and shrublandsTemperate grasslands, savannas, and shrublands is a group of biomes in which the climate is temperate to semi-arid. water: semi arid (wet season, dry season in summer) temperature: warm to hot season (often with a cold to freezing season in winter) soil: biome by ecologists, based on similar temperate climates, moderate rainfall, and grasses, herbs, and shrubs, rather than trees, as the dominant vegetation type. Other temperate grasslands regions include the Pampas of Argentina, and the steppes of Russia and Ukraine.
Significant preserved areas of prairie include: