5 Themes of Kansas Geography by Samantha Reddin https://padlet.com/reddinsc/3igbz6cv0yzl By Sammie Reddin en-us 2018-10-22 16:08:20 UTC 2018-10-25 19:57:52 UTC hello@padlet.com Location reddinsc https://padlet.com/reddinsc/3igbz6cv0yzl/wish/295544454
  • Kansas is the center of 48 states
  • Absolute location:    37-40*N, 94-102*W
  • Relative location: land locked, shaped like a rectangle with a bite, next to CO, below NE, Missouri river is only natural border
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  • The elevation rises 3,325.5 ft from East to West
  • Eastern Kansas is hilly
  • Western Kansas has high plains
  • Great Plains
  • 1/3 of Kansas is prairie
  • 80% of a prairie is underground
  • Kansas used to be covered by a shallow ocean of salt water called the Permian Sea

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  • All rivers and streams in Kansas sooner or later drain into Mississippi River, then go into the Gulf of Mexico
  • The aquifer is a source of water that was created long ago
  • The biggest use for aquifer is for irrigation
  • Helps our community by growing crops
  • Kansas has almost all the largest lakes because of flood control

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  • Temperatures change during different seasons
  • Wind is a dominant feature of the Kansas climate
  • In Eastern Kansas the average precipitation is 40 inches and in arid Western Kansas it's 18 inches per year 
  • In Kansas we have tornadoes, blizzards, floods, and droughts


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  • Kansas has some of the best soils in the world
  • Kansas has over 1,600 varieties of blooming plants
  • Less than 4% of Kansas is covered with forests
  • Hardwoods are the most common trees in Kansas
  • Animals in Kansas today have adapted to the prairies 
  • There are over 3,500 different types of insects in Kansas
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  • Kansas can be divided into 11 physiographic regions
  • Red Hills contains hills red with iron oxide
  • Glaciated Region got its name from the glaciers that covered the Northern side of the United States
  •  Ozark Plateau has  the oldest surface rock in Kansas
  • The Arkansas River has been carrying debris for a long time
  • Flint Hills are one of the last tallgrass prairies in the country
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  • Technology is given us the ability to remove gas, zinc, oil, coal, etc
  • Nature alters our lives
  • Humans tried to learn to work with the environment
  • When settlers came to Kansas they built their homes out of wood and sod
  • The environment and people have a complex relationship

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  • Services and goods are moved in and out of Kansas
  • Kansas always has been a crossroads
  • Settlers passed through Kansas before it was even open for settlement
  • People, information, and ideas travel around Kansas

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