Grassland

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Grassland

Coordinates54.82°, -112.69°

Demographic figures from Statistics Canada. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

A grassland is an area where the vegetation is dominated by grasses. Sedges and rushes can also be found along with some legumes such as clover and other herbs. Grasslands occur naturally on all continents except Antarctica and are found in most ecoregions of the Earth. Furthermore, grasslands are one of the largest biomes on Earth, covering 31–69% of the Earth's land area. There are different types of grasslands: natural grasslands, semi-natural grasslands, and agricultural grasslands.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Wildlife & biodiversity

Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

Earthquake history

Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).

Nearby places in Alberta

• Sarrail
  4 mi away
• Dakin
  4.7 mi away
• Donatville
  6.9 mi away
• Boyle
  16.6 mi away
• Amesbury
  19.6 mi away
• New Pine Hutterite Colony
  21.3 mi away
• Deep Creek Hutterite Colony
  21.5 mi away
• Athabasca
  24.9 mi away · pop. 2,965
• Alpen Siding
  29.2 mi away
• Island Lake
  34.7 mi away · pop. 228
• Newbrook
  35.6 mi away · pop. 95
• Skywest Hutterite Colony
  42.1 mi away

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Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Grassland

The Grassland natural region of Alberta

Alberta. Alberta Environmental Protection. Natural Resources Service · 1997

Reclamation of native grasslands in Alberta

D. S. Kerr · 1993

Restoration of rough fescue grassland on pipelines in southwestern Alberta

Peggy Ann Desserud · 2006

Grassland Biomass Estimation and Range Condition Analysis Using Landsat Imagery in Fescue Grasslands of Western Canada

Alberta Remote Sensing Center. · 1982

From Grassland to Rockland

Peter Douglas Elias · 1999

Some grassland and shrubland communities in the parklands of Central Alberta

Gerry W. Wheeler · 1976

The effect of fire on grasslands in the Alberta aspen parkland

Murray L. Anderson · 1972

The grassland natural region of Alberta

1997

Search results from Open Library.

Recently spotted species

Merlin

Falco columbarius

Seen 2026-08-13

Black-capped Chickadee

Poecile atricapillus

Seen 2026-08-13

Boreal Toad

Anaxyrus boreas boreas

Seen 2026-08-08

Coyote

Canis latrans

Seen 2026-08-03

Snowshoe Hare

Lepus americanus

Seen 2026-08-03

White-tailed Deer

Odocoileus virginianus

Seen 2026-08-03

Horned Grebe

Podiceps auritus

Seen 2026-07-20

Solitary Sandpiper

Tringa solitaria

Seen 2026-07-20

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker

Sphyrapicus varius

Seen 2026-07-16

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).

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