Nebraska - a midwestern state on the Great PlainsBad Lands, Badlands - an eroded and barren region in southwestern South Dakota and northwestern Nebraska Middle West, Midwest - the north central region of the United States (sometimes called the heartland or the breadbasket of America) capital of Nebraska, Lincoln - capital of the state of Nebraska; located in southeastern Nebraska; site of the University of Nebraska North Platte - a town in west central Nebraska on the Platte River Omaha - largest city in Nebraska; located in eastern Nebraska on the Missouri river; a major transportation center of the Midwest North Platte, North Platte River - a river that rises in northern Colorado and flows northward into Wyoming and then eastward and southeastward through Nebraska where it joins the South Platte to form the Platte River Platte, Platte River - a river in Nebraska that flows eastward to become a tributary of the Missouri River Republican River, Republican - a tributary of the Kansas River that flows from eastern Colorado eastward through Nebraska and Kansas |