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Red Hills
September 11, 2013March 21, 2022 hsotr The Sunflower State

Red Hills

There’s nothing quite like this region of rust-colored buttes, mesas, sinkholes, and caves to give a person a strange feeling that “we’re not in Kansas anymore.”

Ozark Plateau
September 4, 2013March 21, 2022 hsotr The Sunflower State

Ozark Plateau

Occupying only 55 square miles in Cherokee County, the Ozark Plateau is the smallest physiographic region in Kansas.

Osage Cuestas
August 28, 2013March 21, 2022 hsotr The Sunflower State

Osage Cuestas

The Osage Cuestas, encompassing nearly all of eastern Kansas south of the Kansas River, are a region of hills and ridges, steep on one side and gently sloping on the other.

High Plains
August 21, 2013March 21, 2022 hsotr The Sunflower State

High Plains

Across the western third of Kansas stretches a vast expanse of high tablelands, rolling hills, sand plains, and sometimes bare ground—the awesome High Plains.

Glaciated Region
August 14, 2013March 21, 2022 hsotr The Sunflower State

Glaciated Region

Rocky hills and wide valleys with accompanying floodplains provide a great deal of variation throughout the Glaciated Region.

Flint Hills
August 7, 2013March 21, 2022 hsotr The Sunflower State

Flint Hills

Many agree that, with its wide vistas, gorgeous sunsets, and perennial display of wildflowers, the Flint Hills region is one of the most beautiful places in the state, if not the world.

Cherokee Lowlands
July 31, 2013March 21, 2022 hsotr The Sunflower State

Cherokee Lowlands

The Cherokee Lowlands occupy 1,000 square miles in Bourbon, Crawford, Cherokee, and Labette counties in southeastern Kansas.

Chautauqua Hills
July 24, 2013March 21, 2022 hsotr The Sunflower State

Chautauqua Hills

The Chautauqua Hills run in a narrow band (ten miles wide at most) from the Kansas–Oklahoma line up to about Yates Center.

Arkansas River Lowlands
July 17, 2013March 21, 2022 hsotr The Sunflower State

Arkansas River Lowlands

This sandy floodplain is a unique ecosystem, but one that challenges farmers to the utmost.

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