Karst plains support a diverse and rugged landscape consisting of different proportions of shrubs, grasses, rocks, beech and pine forests.

Inland, they were mostly mountainous, but the wider valleys and the coastal plains supported dense canopies of rain forest that excluded all but a feeble twilight.

This plain supports a wide variety of plants and animals.

Until 1955 the plains only supported tussock and scrub.

The plain supports the largest goose colony in the world.

With its variety of grasses and brush, the southern plains supported hosts of animals.

This sandy coastal plain supports a variety of native grasses and beach wildflowers different from the alvar species on Alby's west side.

The sandy coastal plain supports species like the amaranth, which is being studied by Iowa State University as a food crop.

The plains support one of the most populous areas on Earth, being home to nearly 1 billion people (or around 1/7 of the world's population) on 700,000 km2 (270,000 mile2).

Paraguay's eastern plains as well as the Chaco support the country's dairy and ranching industry.