<Tr> <Th> Area </Th> <Td> 1,300,000 km (501,933 sq mi) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Approximate extent of the Great Plains </Td> </Tr> <P> The Great Plains (sometimes simply "the Plains") is the broad expanse of flat land (a plain), much of it covered in prairie, steppe, and grassland, that lies west of the Mississippi River tallgrass prairie states and east of the Rocky Mountains in the United States and Canada . It embraces </P> <Ul> <Li> the entirety of the states of Kansas, Nebraska, South Dakota, and North Dakota, </Li> <Li> parts of the states of Colorado, Montana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas, Wyoming </Li> </Ul>

Where are the great plains located in the united states