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A relative location explains where a place is in relation to other places. We are surrounded by states but not by any oceans. Then Kansas is shaped like a rectangle with a ''bite'' taken out of the northeastern corner. Kansas is next to Colorado and below nebraska.

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One thing about Human environment interaction is that what we build and how we change the environment over time to make a place distinct. Then from the beginning people used the natural resources available to them. Then also settlers came to Kansas and built homes out of sod and wood.

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To find the absolute location of Kansas we use longitude and longitude. We are found in the 37th and 40th parallels north latitude. We are also between 94 and 102 degrees of west longitude. These coordinates let you know we are north of the equator and west of the prime meridian.

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Places are described by their different physical features. Kansas is known for many things but especially the beautiful native prairies. Some features that help form a place are rivers, hills, soil, and rocks. Eastern and Western Kansas are very different,eastern has wooded areas and rolling plains and western has high plains.

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A region is a subdivision of a larger area. A region is an area with one or more characteristics or features that make it different from surrounding areas. Regions Red hills, High Plains, Glaciated Region, Ozark plateau, Smoky hills. We are in the midwest region. Smoky hills was under an ocean that created sandstone 100 million years ago.

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Kansas has always used crossroads.While Indians left their homes to hunt buffalo, people passed through Kansas before it was a settlement. The east was moved in and out of Kansas.Pony express once traveled through Kansas delivering stuff, from Missouri to California. Goods and services are linked in and out of our state. Wheat grown in western Kansas is sold all over the world.