Great American Desert

The term Great American Desert was used in the 19th century to describe the part of east of the to approximately the 100th meridian.
Wikipedia
  • Desert
  • …lies at an elevation of 1,469 metres (4,820 feet)
  • Description: 19th-century term referring to the Great Plains of the United States

Great American Desert

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Latitude
30° north
Longitude
-107° or 107° west
Open location code
852M2222+22
Geo­Names ID
4005580
Wiki­data ID
Q5598634

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In Other Languages

From Catalan to Swedish—“Great American Desert” goes by many names.
  • Catalan: “Gran Desert Americà”
  • Cebuano: “Great American Desert”
  • Chinese: “美大荒”
  • Dutch: “Great American Desert”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “الصحرا الامريكيه الكبرى”
  • Portuguese: “Great American Desert”
  • Romanian: “Deșerturile statului Arizona”
  • Romanian: “Marele Deșert American”
  • Russian: “Великая американская пустыня”
  • Swedish: “Great American Desert”

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