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Kansas has always had crossroads

Settlers passed through Kansas before it was open for settlers

Today, Kansas has linked to the world through the internet, cable television, and satellite telephone services

as we exact natural resources from the ground we change the environment

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Red Hills

Glaciated Region

Ozark

High Plains

Smoky Hills

Kansas River Lowlands

Osage Cuestas

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there are over 3,500 different types of insects in Kansas

Some people reported that grasshoppers ate their clothes and the hair on their heads

Only one percent are harmful to plants

Tallgrass

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From the beginning people used the natural resources available for them

trees were out down

stone was removed

water was consumed from the rivers

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The Kansas landscape has been described as subtle

The elevation rises gradually on an incline at approximately 10 feet per mile

today about one third of Kansas is prairie

Kansas is environmentally diverse, eastern Kansas has wooded areas areas and rolling hills

western kansas has high plains

Kansas has often too much water or too little

Kansas is big

it is 208 miles to from the north and 411 from the east to the west

some lakes are also used to provide water to towns and to irrigate agricultural land

The weather in Kansas changes quickly

the climate in Kansas is classified as dramatic

wind is a dominant feature of the Kansas climate

Temperatures change with the season, the average Kansas temperature is moderate, but weather here is rarely average

the highest recorded temperature is 121 degrees and the lowest recorded 40 degrees below zero

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Next to Colorado

Below NE

Shaped like a rectangle with a bite

Missouri River is the only border

Landlocked

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-There is a certain spot on Kansas that is the center of the United States.

The absolute location of Kansas is 37-40*N and 94-102*W.