Environment :
Minnesota's ecological provinces

The North American landscape is divided into numberous ecological provinces dexcribing the climate, plants, soils, and terrain of the area. According to the Department of Natural Resources, Minnesota's ecological diversity results from the convergence of three provinces within the stte: the prairie parkland, a gently rolling area covered with tall grass prairie before the arrival of settlers; the Laurentian mixed forest province, an area formed by gladiers and characterized by dense conifer and hardwood forests and extensive peat bogs; and the eastern broadleaf forest, a transition zone of deciduous trees between the prairie and the deep forest.

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