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there are loads of animals in Ks.

kansas plants must grow and prosper in extreme temp. and with uncertain precipitation.

It does help that the state has some of the best soils in the world

less than 4% of kansas is covered in forests.

The native buffalo almost stopped roaming because so many has been hunted for their meat and hides.

When humans arrived there were tough times for the animals and prairies ahead.

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The temp. changes with the seasons.

the highest temp. in Ks is 121.

the weather can change so quickly it will cause tornadoes

there are serene sunsets,sleet, and snow.

Ks is in the top 10 most tornado disruptive state.

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Water is very important for food,drinking,and transportation.

The Aquifer runs under many states too, the source was made millions of years ago, in some places the water is 500 feet deep.

Lakes today are the result of flood-control projects

Kansas claimed that Colorado was using more water than their share.

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Kansas can be divided into 11 physiographic regions.

The red hills region is different in appearance from most of KS

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From the beginning people used the resources that they had available to them.

today, as we plow and irrigate the prairies, we change the environment to meet our needs.

Nature alters our lives as well.

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Ks has always been a crossroads, people go to,from, and through the state.

Plains indians seasonally leave their homes to hunt for buffalo.

Settlers would pass through ks before KS was even open for settlement.

Pony Express once traveled through KS carrying mail on horseback from Missouri to Cali.

Goods and services were moved in and out of our state.

The wheat grown in Western KS and the airlines built in Wichita are exported all over the world. In return, many types of goods are brought into the state.

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Ks is center of 48 states!

Absolute Location:37-40*N,94-102*w.

Relative Location: landlocked,shaped like a rectangle with a bite,next to colorado,below NE, Missouri river is only natural border.

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kansas doesn't have mountains but that doesn't make kansas flat.

The environment includes rivers,hills,soil, and rocks.

The Southeast corner has 700 feet above sea level.

Ks was covered with shallow ocean of salt water called the Perian Sea.

the ocean left behind natural resources.

loads of animals lived in the preserve.