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Kansas is the center of the 48 states

Absolute location is 37-40*N, 94-102*W

Relative location: landlocked, shaped like a rectangle with a bite taken out of it, the bite is formed by the missouri river which is also the only natural border

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Prairies
- A prairie is something that is too wet to be a desert, but to dry to be a forest
- Almost 1/3 of Kansas is prairies
- Around 80% of a prairie is underground

The Permian Sea

- This ocean contained animals such as the Mosaurs, a reptile that could grow up to 50 feet in length

Tallgrass Prairies National Preserve
- It is a 'sea of grass' that was formed out of The Permian Sea
- There is an abundance of animals, plants, reptiles, different species of birds, amphibians, and mammals that live there
- It used to cover more than 140 million acres of land, but now less than 4% exists because of agriculture purposes

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- There are many folklore about Kansas's weather and how dramatic and unpredictable it can be
- The highest recorded temperature is 121 degrees and the lowest is 40 below zero
- The temperature can drop below freezing every month of the year, but can also be over 100 from March to October
- Wind is the dominant feature in its climate

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- Kansas often has too much water, or not enough
- All of the rivers in Kansas eventually drain into the Mississippi River
- American Indians and early settlers  lives close to streams and rivers and their trails followed the rivers
The Ogallala Aquifer
- This water source was created millions of years ago
- It is used for irrigation because there hasn't been Western Kansas to grow corn
- Rivers are the only thing that can replenish the aquifer, but when it's low, the rivers sometimes drain the aquifer
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- There are very few natural lakes in Kansas
- Many of these lakes are used for recreation and wildlife conservation
- Cheyenne Bottoms is a natural lake that has been turned into a wetland for migratory birds

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- There were a lot of insects in Kansas (3,500 types)
- Some types of animals that were here were things like buffalo, pronghorn antelope

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- Settlers
- Immigrants brought new ideas and products
- The Pony Express once traveled from Missouri to California
- The telegraph linked Kansas to the rest fo the country

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- People used resources available to them so trees were cut down, stone was removes, water was taken from rivers etc.
- settlers came and built houses
- railroad companies laid tracks down
- farming

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- High Plains
- flat pieces of land formed by sediments from the Rocky Mountains
- Red Hills
- red hills with iron oxide in them making them red
- Flint Hill Upland

- aka ranching area
- erosion of limestone and shale which made the hills