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What are the examples of different types of plains?

• Plains are a large area of flat land that has a few trees. Prairies and steppes are examples of plains.
  
  
• Plains are lowlands with no great change in elevation and are at the bottoms of valleys.
  
  
• They can be on plateaus at high elevations as well.
  
  
• Plains provide grasslands for livestock and offer a place for crops to be planted.
  
  
• Types of plains include coastal, alluvial, flood, and glacial. In England during the 14th century it was believed that the dead wandered the plains searching for revenge.