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the pony express went from california to missouri passing through kansas.
the transcontinental connected kansas to the rest of the country. airplanes built in wichita.

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high plains, flat lands originally formed by sediments.

red hills region is different in appearance from the other regions, it contains red hills made of iron oxide

the indians believed thought there were healing powers on the red hills.  cherokee lowlands, glaciated region named after glaciers that used to cover the U.S.  ozark plateau has oldest surface rock in the state, arkansas river lowlands formed of rocks in rocky mountains that were carried by the arkansas river, wellington lowlands contains sand dunes covered with grasses, cherokee lowlands coal mining region, chautauqua hills this land is not cultivated but used as grazing land, smokey hills use to be under the ocean, flint hills uplands ranching area

osage cuseta contains east facing cliffs with gentle slopes to the west.

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throughout history, humans have adapted to kansas.
nature has also had a big impact on humans. today as we plow and irrigate the prairies, we change the environment to meet our needs.
kansas has always been a crossroad.
we take out trees for paper and shelter same with stone for other resources.
the pony express once visited kansas.

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rolling hills, plains and prairies.
kansas rises pretty high, but is subtle and gradual.
1/3 of kansas is prairie.

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sunflower is our state flower

less than 4 percent of kansas is covered in forests

cottonwood tree elm oak and walnut. cottonwood is state tree.

buffalo, antelope, live here

the native buffalo almost stopped going to kansas because of how many were being hunted,

smaller animal populations got very big.

700 types of species live here.

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The weather is really tornado because we live in the middle the us
' many tornadoes.
they can have droughts or floods. blizzards are also an extreme weather condition here in kansas.

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kansas often has to much or to less water. early settlers lived close to rivers and streams to sustain life.
streams also held food because fish lived in the streams which made life easier for early settlers.

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we are the center of the united states not including alaska and hawaii. we are 37'N 94' w.

shaped like rectangle relative location is landlocked .

next to colorado and missouri and above oklahoma.

missouri river runs through kansas.