5 Themes of Kansas by Nathalie Camacho https://padlet.com/camachon/pgiimkqjb7ke en-us 2018-10-22 14:05:41 UTC 2026-01-27 12:25:29 UTC hello@padlet.com Location camachon https://padlet.com/camachon/pgiimkqjb7ke/wish/295923730 There's a part of Kansas that is in the middle of the United States.
Absolute location:
KS is 37-40* N and 94-102*W
Relative location:
  • Next to Colorado
  • Below NE
  • Shaped like a rectangle with a bite.
  • Missouri river is only natural border. 
  • Landlocked .

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  • The kansas landscape has been described as subtle.
  • Today about one third of Kansas is prairie.
  • Kansas is environmentally diverse, eastern Kansas has wooded areas and rolling hills. Western Kansas has high plains.
  • Kansas is big. It is 208 miles from north to south and 411 miles from east to west.

    • ]]>     2018-10-23 13:48:31 UTC https://padlet.com/camachon/pgiimkqjb7ke/wish/295940718     Region camachon https://padlet.com/camachon/pgiimkqjb7ke/wish/295942022
  • Red Hills
  • Glaciated Region
  • Ozark
  • High Plains
  • Osage Cuestas 
  • Smoky Hills
  • Kansas River Lowlands
    • ]]>     2018-10-23 13:50:16 UTC https://padlet.com/camachon/pgiimkqjb7ke/wish/295942022     Interaction of Humans and the Environment. camachon https://padlet.com/camachon/pgiimkqjb7ke/wish/295942744 From the beginning, people used the natural resources available for them.
    • Trees were cut down.
    • Stone was removed from the ground.
    • Water was consumed from the rivers.

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  • Kansas has always been a crossroads.
  • Settlers passed through Kansas before it was open for settlement.
  • Today, Kansas are linked to the world through the Internet, cable television, and satellite telephone services.
  • As we extract natural resources from the ground, we change the environment,
    • ]]>     2018-10-23 13:51:35 UTC https://padlet.com/camachon/pgiimkqjb7ke/wish/295943068     Place- Water camachon https://padlet.com/camachon/pgiimkqjb7ke/wish/296429575
  • Kansas often has too much water or too little.
  • Some lakes are also used to provide water to towns and to irrigate agricultural land.

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  • The weather in Kansas changes quickly.
  • The climate in Kansas is classified as dramatic.
  • Wind is a dominant feature of the Kansas climate.
  • Temperatures change with the season, the average Kansas temperature is moderate, but weather here is rarely average.
  • The  highest recorded temperature is 121 degrees and the recorded low is 40 degrees below zero.
  • Less than 4 percent of Kansas is covered in forests.
    • ]]>     2018-10-24 13:37:30 UTC https://padlet.com/camachon/pgiimkqjb7ke/wish/296431173     Place- Plants and Animals camachon https://padlet.com/camachon/pgiimkqjb7ke/wish/296431397
  • There are over 3,500 different types of insects in Kansas.
  • Some people reported that grasshoppers ate the clothes off their backs and the hair on their heads.
  • Only one percent are harmful to plants.
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