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| | Midwestern United States - (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05) |
 | | The term's etymology is now somewhat archaic, as the region's states were once a part of the Northwest Territory and the region was known as being a part of the "Middle West" of the United States before the Louisiana Purchase. |
 | | Rainfall decreases from east to west, resulting in different types of prairies, with the tallgrass prairie in the wetter eastern region, mixed-grass prairie in the central Great Plains, and shortgrass prairie towards the rain shadow of the Rockies. |
 | | Notable public schools include The Ohio State University, Miami University, Indiana University, Purdue University, Ball State University, University of Wisconsin, Iowa State University, the University of Iowa, the University of Kansas, The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, University of Michigan, Michigan State University, University of Minnesota, Wayne State University, and University of Missouri. |
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