Plains Plains The Adelaide Plains ( ) is the area in South Australia between the Mount Lofty Ranges on the east and the Gulf Saint Vincent on the west. ...more on Wikipedia about "Adelaide Plains"
The Baragan Plain is a steppe plain in south-central Romania, part of the Romanian Plain. ...more on Wikipedia about "Bărăgan Plain"
The Canterbury Plains is an area bounded by the foothills of the Southern Alps and the east coast of the South Island of New Zealand. They are centred to the south of the city of Christchurch in the Canterbury region. Their northern extremes are at the foot of the Hundalee Hills in the Hurunui District, and in the south they merge into the plains of North Otago beyond the Waitaki River. ...more on Wikipedia about "Canterbury Plains"
The Great Alföld, Alföld, or Great Hungarian Plain ( Hungarian: Alföld or Nagyalföld, Slovak: Veľká dunajská kotlina, Romanian: Câmpia Tisei, Serbian and Croatian: simply Panonski basen, Pannonian plain) is a plain/basin occupying the southern and eastern part of Hungary, some parts of eastern Slovakia (Východoslovenská nížina, Eastern Slovak Lowland), southwestern Ukraine (Zakarpats'ka nyzovyna, Transcarpathian Lowland), western Romania (various names), northern Serbia, and eastern Croatia (various names). It is the largest part of the Pannonian plain. ...more on Wikipedia about "Great Alföld"
The Indo-Gangetic Plain is a rich, fertile and ancient land encompassing most of northern and eastern India, the most populous parts of Pakistan, and virtually all of Bangladesh. The Plains get their names from the rivers Ganges and Indus. ...more on Wikipedia about "Indo-Gangetic plain"
The Kantō region ( Japanese: 関東地方, Kantō-chihō) is a geographical area of Honshū, the largest island in Japan. The region encompasses seven prefectures around Tokyo: Gunma, Tochigi, Ibaraki, Saitama, Tokyo, Chiba, and Kanagawa. Its boundaries are roughly the same as those of the Kantō plain. The plain itself, however, makes up only slightly more than 40 percent of the region. The rest consists of the hills and mountains that border it except on the seaward side. ...more on Wikipedia about "Kantō region"
The Little Alföld or Little Hungarian Plain ( Hungarian: Kisalföld, Slovak: Malá dunajská kotlina, German: Kleine Ungarische Tiefebene) is a plain (tectonic basin) of appr. 8,000 km2 in northwestern Hungary, southwestern Slovakia (Podunajská nížina – Danube Lowland), and eastern Austria (Neusiedler Becken - Neusiedl Basin and Steirisches Hügelland – Styria Hills). It is a part of the Pannonian plain which covers most parts of Hungary. ...more on Wikipedia about "Little Alföld"
Some of the most fertile land in the southwestern North Island of New Zealand is located on the floodplains of the Manawatu and Rangitikei Rivers, in an area known as the Manawatu Plains. ...more on Wikipedia about "Manawatu Plains"
The Mesaoria is a broad, sweeping plain which makes up the centre of the island of Cyprus. ...more on Wikipedia about "Mesaoria"
The Nullarbor Plain is the vast area of flat, almost treeless, arid or semi-arid country immediately north of the Great Australian Bight. The word Nullarbor is derived from the Latin for "no trees". ...more on Wikipedia about "Nullarbor Plain"
The outback is the remote and usually semi-arid interior of Australia, although the term colloquially can cover any lands outside of the main urban areas. The term outback is generally used to refer to locations that are comparitively more remote than those areas deemed " the bush". The outback does not officially exist within any governmental frameworks or boundaries. ...more on Wikipedia about "Outback"
The Pannonian plain is a large plain in central/south-eastern Europe that remained when the Pliocene Pannonian Sea (see below) dried out. The river Danube divides the plain roughly in half. ...more on Wikipedia about "Pannonian plain"
In geography, a plain is a large area of land with relatively low relief. Plains may be more suitable for farming than plateaus or mountains. ...more on Wikipedia about "Plain"
Puszta is a concept often associated with Hungarian traditional landscape. It means barren land, wilderness, a grassy kind of semi-desert. With a capital letter and a definite article, it refers to flat parts of the Alföld (the Great Hungarian Plain). It is originally inhabited by cowherds, shepherds, and horseherds. ...more on Wikipedia about "Puszta" This article is made for shortopedia
The Romanian Plain (also: Wallachian Plain; Romanian: Câmpia Română) is located in Romania, bordered by the Danube in the east, south and west and by the Getic Plateau in the north. ...more on Wikipedia about "Romanian Plain"
This article is about the plateau in southern England; Salisbury Plain is also an area on South Georgia Island. ...more on Wikipedia about "Salisbury Plain"
Veld or Veldt, is a field, an open area of land, typically in South Africa or southern Africa, comparable to the Australian outback. It is often used for agriculture or mining. ...more on Wikipedia about "Veld"
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