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location is important it tells you where you are . it is the center of 48 states .

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between 37-40 degrease north and 94-102 deagreas  west

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next to colorados

below nabraska

land locked

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kansas has too much water or to little

the aquifer runs threw kansas and other states also

there is not enough water in western kansas to grow corn

kansas was once a great island sea

there are many natural lakes and cheyenne bottoms is one of thoughs natural lakes

north of bends

it's no longer entirely natrol

water can be scarce in kansas that is why we need to be protective with this resource

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kansas is a tornado alley .temps change with the seasons . the temp can drop below freezing every month of the year. wind is a dominant feature of the climate. the climate of kansas is called dramatic.

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Western Kansas is high plains

Great Plains

Eastern Kansas has rolling hills

about one third of kansas today is prairie

development of a prairie is rainfall

80 % of prairie is underground

the phisical features you see today are the rusult of a grait island sea

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movement how do people get around ?

people move from place to place sharing ideas

the pony express once traveled caring mail on horseback from kansas to california

settelers passed through kansas befor it was open for setlment

kansas has always been a crossroads

people have traveled to ,from, and threw the state

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threw history people have adapted to and changed the environment.
from the beginning people have used natural resources available to them .trees were cut down stone was moved from the grown , and water was consumed from rivers . setelers came to kansas to bild houses out od sod and wood.

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a region is a sobdivishion of a smaller area.

as large as a contenet or as small as a naborhood

states are often divided into land regions based on comman phisical or humen charictoristics

kansas can be divided into 11 regions