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Piedmont Plains and Tablelands

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The Piedmont Plains and Tablelands ecoregion is a vast area of irregular and dissected plains underlain by shale and sandstone. Precipitation varies from 10 to 16 inches, with the lowest amounts found along the Arkansas River between Pueblo and Las Animas. The shortgrass prairie contains buffalograss, blue grama, western wheatgrass, galleta, alkali sacaton, sand dropseed, sideoats grama, and yucca. Land use is mostly rangeland. Irrigated agriculture occurs along the Arkansas River, and dryland farming is found primarily in the north half of the region.

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