Nebraska

"Nebraska (oficialmente, y en inglés: State of Nebraska) es uno de los 50 estados de los Estados Unidos de América, situado en la región de las Grandes Llanuras, en el Medio Oeste del país. Se cree que su nombre deriva del chiwere Ñí Brásge o del omaha Ní Btháska; ambas frases significan «agua plana» y hacen referencia al río Platte, que atraviesa el estado. Su capital es Lincoln, y su ciudad más poblada es Omaha. Nebraska es el único estado cuya legislatura es unicameral y sus senadores son elegidos sin tener su partido al lado de su nombre, lo que hace que la mayoría o su totalidad es elegida sin tomar en cuenta su afiliación política. La legislatura de Nebraska puede vetar decisiones del gobernador con tres quintas partes de la legislatura a diferencia de la mayoría de los estados, donde son necesarios dos tercios."

"Nebraska /nbræsk/ is a state that lies in both the Great Plains and the Midwestern United States. The state is bordered by South Dakota to the north, Iowa to the east and Missouri to the southeast, both across the Missouri River, Kansas to the south, Colorado to the southwest and Wyoming to the west. Its area is just over 77,220 sq mi (200,000 km2) with almost 1.9 million people. Its state capital is Lincoln. Its largest city is Omaha, which is on the Missouri River. Indigenous peoples including Omaha, Missouria, Ponca, Pawnee, Otoe, and various branches of the Lakota (Sioux) tribes lived in the region of present-day Nebraska for thousands of years before European exploration. The state is crossed by many historic trails and was explored by the Lewis and Clark Expedition. Nebraska was admitted as the 37th state of the United States in 1867. It is the only state in the United States whose legislature is unicameral and officially nonpartisan. Nebraska is composed of two major land regions: the Dissected Till Plains and the Great Plains. The Dissected Till Plains is a region of gently rolling hills; the states largest cities, Omaha and Lincoln, are in this region. The Great Plains occupy most of western Nebraska, characterized by treeless prairie, suitable for cattle-grazing. The state has a large agriculture sector and is a major producer of beef, pork, corn, and soybeans. Two major climatic zones are represented in Nebraska: the eastern half of the state has a humid continental climate (Köppen climate classification Dfa), and the western half, a semi-arid climate (Koppen BSk). The entire state has wide variations between winter and summer temperatures, and violent thunderstorms and tornadoes happen primarily during the spring and summer, though they can also occur in the autumn."