western Kansas

E393909
geographic region region

Western Kansas is the largely rural, agricultural region forming the western portion of the state of Kansas, characterized by open plains, small towns, and a predominantly farming- and ranching-based economy.

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All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
western Kansas canonical 3
Southwest Kansas 1
Western Kansas 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf geographic region ⓘ
region ⓘ
averagePrecipitationPattern lower precipitation than eastern Kansas ⓘ
characterizedBy agricultural economy ⓘ
largely rural settlement pattern ⓘ
open plains ⓘ
small towns ⓘ
climate continental climate ⓘ
semi-arid ⓘ
contains High Plains of Kansas ⓘ
surface form: High Plains region of Kansas

portions of the Arkansas River valley ⓘ
portions of the Smoky Hill River valley ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
demographicCharacteristic low population density ⓘ
predominantly small communities ⓘ
economicCharacteristic dependence on commodity agriculture ⓘ
energyResource natural gas production ⓘ
oil production ⓘ
wind energy potential ⓘ
facesIssue agricultural drought risk ⓘ
groundwater depletion ⓘ
rural depopulation ⓘ
historicalContext affected by Dust Bowl of the 1930s ⓘ
settled heavily in late 19th century ⓘ
knownFor dust storms in drought years ⓘ
high plains landscape ⓘ
wide-open spaces ⓘ
windy conditions ⓘ
locatedIn Great Plains ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone Central Time Zone ⓘ
Mountain Time Zone ⓘ
majorCrop alfalfa ⓘ
corn ⓘ
sorghum ⓘ
sunflowers ⓘ
wheat ⓘ
majorEconomicActivity cattle feeding ⓘ
farming ⓘ
irrigated crop production ⓘ
ranching ⓘ
majorLivestock beef cattle ⓘ
dairy cattle ⓘ
swine ⓘ
partOf Kansas ⓘ
transportationCorridor Interstate 70 ⓘ
U.S. Route 50 NERFINISHED ⓘ
U.S. Route 54 NERFINISHED ⓘ
U.S. Route 83 NERFINISHED ⓘ
waterSource Ogallala Aquifer ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

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

Ellis USD 388 → operatesInRegion → western Kansas ⓘ
Ellis County, Kansas → region → western Kansas ⓘ
this entity surface form: central-western Kansas
Hays, Kansas → locatedIn → western Kansas ⓘ
this entity surface form: northwestern Kansas
Big Creek Lake → locatedInRegion → western Kansas ⓘ
Southwestern Kansas → partOf → western Kansas ⓘ
this entity surface form: Western Kansas
Boot Hill Museum → touristRegion → western Kansas ⓘ
this entity surface form: Southwest Kansas
Wallace County, Kansas → locatedIn → western Kansas ⓘ