Prairies
The Prairies are a region in the centre of Canada, made up of three provinces: Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba. Though the word "prairie" means grassland, this region also contains mountains, hills, lakes, shoreline, and metropolitan cities.
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Prairies
- Region
- …lies at an elevation of 384 metres (1,260 feet)
- Description: geographical region in Western Canada including the Canadian portion of the Great Plains and the Prairie Provinces (Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba)
- Also known as“Canadian Prairies”“Prairie Provinces”“Prairie region (Canada)”“Prairies (Canada)”“The Prairies”
- Location
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Latitude of center
55.5316° or 55° 31′ 54″ north
Longitude of center
-106.4864° or 106° 29′ 11″ west
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Western Frisian—“Prairies” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “المروج الكندية”
- Arabic: “سهوب البراري الكندية”
- Basque: “Kanadako belardiak”
- Catalan: “Praderies canadenques”
- Chinese: “草原三省”
- Czech: “Kanadské prérie”
- Czech: “Prérijní provincie”
- Esperanto: “Kanadaj Prerioj”
- Esperanto: “Preriaj provincoj”
- French: “ALSAMA”
- French: “Prairies canadiennes”
- French: “Prairies”
- French: “Provinces des Prairies”
- Galician: “Pradarías canadenses”
- German: “Prärieprovinz”
- German: “Prärieprovinzen”
- Hebrew: “המישורים”
- Hebrew: “ערבות קנדה”
- Indonesian: “Prairie Kanada”
- Italian: “Praterie canadesi”
- Japanese: “カナダ平原部”
- Japanese: “カナディアン・プレーリー”
- Japanese: “カナディアン・プレーリース”
- Japanese: “カナディアンプレーリー”
- Korean: “the prairie provinces”
- Latin: “Pratariae Canadienses”
- Lithuanian: “Kanados prerijos”
- Macedonian: “Канадски Прерии”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “De kanadiske prærieprovinsene”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “De kanadiske prærier”
- Norwegian: “De kanadiske prærier”
- Persian: “دشتهای کانادا”
- Polish: “Kanadyjskie Prowincje Preriowe”
- Polish: “Prerie Kanadyjskie”
- Polish: “Prowincje Preriowe Kanady”
- Portuguese: “Pradarias canadenses”
- Portuguese: “Pradarias canadianas”
- Portuguese: “Pradarias”
- Russian: “Канадские прерии”
- Russian: “Канадские Прерии”
- Russian: “Прерия”
- Serbian: “Kanadska prerija”
- Serbian: “Канадска прерија”
- Slovenian: “Kanadske prerije”
- Spanish: “ALSAMA”
- Spanish: “Praderas canadienses”
- Spanish: “Praderas”
- Spanish: “Provincias de la pradera”
- Swedish: “Canadian Prairies”
- Swedish: “Kanadensiska prärierna”
- Turkish: “Kanada Bozkırları”
- Ukrainian: “Канадські прерії”
- Venetian: “Pradarie canadezi”
- Western Frisian: “Kanadeeske Prêrjes”
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