https://padlet.com/burketj/aapdtn5yqz3s en-us 2018-10-22 15:08:16 UTC 2018-10-25 14:26:22 UTC hello@padlet.com burketj https://padlet.com/burketj/aapdtn5yqz3s/wish/295987649 -Center of 48 states is in Kansas!


Absolute Location-
Between 37*-40* N and 94-102* W 


Relative Location-
next to CO
Below NE
landlocked 
natural border is Missouri river (bite)]]> 2018-10-23 14:50:20 UTC https://padlet.com/burketj/aapdtn5yqz3s/wish/295987649 burketj https://padlet.com/burketj/aapdtn5yqz3s/wish/295987852 All locations have have physicals features that make them all different such as: Rivers, Hills, Soil, and rocks. Eastern Kansas has rolling hills and wooded areas 
The Flint Hills are part of an rolling landscape, with flat tops and concave slopes, the hills are formed with limestone and shale deposits]]> 2018-10-23 14:50:37 UTC https://padlet.com/burketj/aapdtn5yqz3s/wish/295987852 burketj https://padlet.com/burketj/aapdtn5yqz3s/wish/295988183 Kansas is a land of few natural states.The Ogallala Aquifer is water that people can feed crops. Kansas often has to much water or to little water. Some people support special programs in need of water, so they think they need to figure out a way to increase rainfall.]]> 2018-10-23 14:51:05 UTC https://padlet.com/burketj/aapdtn5yqz3s/wish/295988183 burketj https://padlet.com/burketj/aapdtn5yqz3s/wish/295988510 Kansa who called themselves "The people of the southern. Can't people call Kansas weather dramatic. Kansas is also subject to extreme of both flood and drought. The 1951 flood results in such damage that it led to building the network of reservoirs we see today.]]> 2018-10-23 14:51:29 UTC https://padlet.com/burketj/aapdtn5yqz3s/wish/295988510 burketj https://padlet.com/burketj/aapdtn5yqz3s/wish/295988671 Less than 4% of Kansas is covered in forest. Big and little blue stims are the most common of tall grasses. Kansas prairies are characterized by either tall grass or short grass. Kansas is known as the sunflower state, 12 species bloom around the middle of summer.]]> 2018-10-23 14:51:44 UTC https://padlet.com/burketj/aapdtn5yqz3s/wish/295988671 burketj https://padlet.com/burketj/aapdtn5yqz3s/wish/295989124 Kansas has always been a crossroad, people have traveled to and from and through the state. Kansas and Wichita are exported all over the world. In turn, many of good are brought into the state. ]]> 2018-10-23 14:52:21 UTC https://padlet.com/burketj/aapdtn5yqz3s/wish/295989124 burketj https://padlet.com/burketj/aapdtn5yqz3s/wish/295989341 From the beginning, people used the natural resources available to them. Today as we plow and irrigate the prairies we change the environment to meet are needs. Planting as shelter belts and changing are agriculture practices we have prevented precious topsoil from blowing away. ]]> 2018-10-23 14:52:41 UTC https://padlet.com/burketj/aapdtn5yqz3s/wish/295989341 burketj https://padlet.com/burketj/aapdtn5yqz3s/wish/295989714 The red hills region is different in appearance from most of Kansas.The smoky hills region gets its name from the haze visible in the valleys early morning. On the Ozark plateau extends into Missouri, Oklahoma and Arkansas. This region has the oldest surface rock in the state]]> 2018-10-23 14:53:14 UTC https://padlet.com/burketj/aapdtn5yqz3s/wish/295989714 burketj https://padlet.com/burketj/aapdtn5yqz3s/wish/296473095 In the 1870's Kansas had a terrible grasshopper invasion. Grasshoppers became numerous that they blocked out the sun, and the loud buzzing sounded like round. Waterways in Kansas often run dry, few fish are found there. Kansas today have adapted and can survive extreme weather. There are over 3,500 species throughout Kansas. ]]> 2018-10-24 14:38:15 UTC https://padlet.com/burketj/aapdtn5yqz3s/wish/296473095