Smoky Hills region of Kansas

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geographic region physiographic region

The Smoky Hills region of Kansas is a hilly, grassland and sandstone outcrop area in north-central Kansas known for its scenic prairies, rock formations, and role in the state’s frontier and transportation history.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Smoky Hills region of Kansas canonical 3
Smoky Hills region 2
Smoky Hill River (region) 1

Statements (63)

Predicate Object
instanceOf geographic region ⓘ
physiographic region ⓘ
borderedBy Flint Hills ⓘ
High Plains of Kansas ⓘ
Osage Cuestas ⓘ
Red Hills (Kansas) ⓘ
contains Castle Rock (Kansas) ⓘ
Cloud County, Kansas ⓘ
Coronado Heights Park ⓘ
Decatur County, Kansas ⓘ
Ellis County, Kansas ⓘ
Ellsworth County, Kansas ⓘ
Gove County, Kansas ⓘ
Jewell County, Kansas ⓘ
Kanopolis Lake ⓘ
Kanopolis State Park ⓘ
Lincoln County, Kansas ⓘ
Logan County, Kansas ⓘ
Mitchell County, Kansas ⓘ
Monument Rocks (Kansas) ⓘ
Mushroom Rock State Park ⓘ
Norton County, Kansas ⓘ
Osborne County, Kansas ⓘ
Ottawa County, Kansas ⓘ
Phillips County, Kansas ⓘ
Rock City Park ⓘ
Rooks County, Kansas ⓘ
Russell County, Kansas ⓘ
Saline County, Kansas ⓘ
Sheridan County, Kansas ⓘ
Smith County, Kansas ⓘ
Trego County, Kansas ⓘ
Wilson Lake NERFINISHED ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
crossedBy Saline River ⓘ
Smoky Hill River ⓘ
Solomon River ⓘ
geologicAge Cretaceous ⓘ
Permian ⓘ
hasGeologicalFeature chalk formations ⓘ
limestone formations ⓘ
sandstone outcrops ⓘ
hasScenicByway Post Rock Scenic Byway ⓘ
Prairie Trail Scenic Byway ⓘ
historicalUse cattle trails ⓘ
railroad corridors ⓘ
stagecoach routes ⓘ
knownFor frontier history ⓘ
rock formations ⓘ
sandstone formations ⓘ
scenic prairies ⓘ
transportation history ⓘ
landCover grassland ⓘ
locatedIn Kansas ⓘ
north-central Kansas ⓘ
majorEconomicActivity dryland farming ⓘ
oil and gas production ⓘ
ranching ⓘ
partOf Great Plains ⓘ
Great Plains ⓘ
surface form: Interior Plains
terrainType hilly ⓘ
vegetationType mixed-grass prairie ⓘ
tallgrass prairie ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Smoky Hill River (nearby waterway) → namedFor → Smoky Hills region of Kansas ⓘ
subject surface form: Smoky Hill River
Dickinson County, Kansas → locatedOn → Smoky Hills region of Kansas ⓘ
this entity surface form: Smoky Hill River (region)
Ellsworth County, Kansas → partOf → Smoky Hills region of Kansas ⓘ
this entity surface form: Smoky Hills region
Marion County, Kansas → locatedInRegion → Smoky Hills region of Kansas ⓘ
Lincoln County, Kansas → hasFeature → Smoky Hills region of Kansas ⓘ
this entity surface form: Smoky Hills region
Clay County, Kansas → isPartOf → Smoky Hills region of Kansas ⓘ