Osage Plains

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The Osage Plains are a temperate grassland region of the central United States, characterized by rolling prairies and transitional landscapes between the tallgrass prairies to the east and the Great Plains to the west.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Osage Hills 2
Osage Plains canonical 2
Prairie–Plains borderlands 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ecoregion
temperate grassland region
borderedBy Great Plains to the west
tallgrass prairie to the east
climateTrend subject to periodic droughts
contains Cross Timbers transition zones
Flint Hills (marginal areas) NERFINISHED
country United States of America
surface form: United States
dominantLandUse cropland
livestock grazing
rangeland
elevationRange approximately 200 to 500 meters above sea level
faunaIncludes bison (historically)
greater prairie-chicken
pronghorn (historically and locally)
white-tailed deer
floraIncludes Indian grass
big bluestem
little bluestem
switchgrass
geologicSetting sedimentary rocks of the Paleozoic era
hasBiome temperate grassland
hasClimate humid continental climate
humid subtropical climate (southern portions)
hasConservationIssues conversion to agriculture
grassland habitat loss
woody plant encroachment
hasLandscapeType rolling prairies
transitional landscape
hasSoilType alfisols
mollisols
hasVegetationType mixed-grass prairie
prairie grasses
hydrology drained by tributaries of the Arkansas River
drained by tributaries of the Missouri River
knownFor transition between tallgrass prairie and Great Plains shortgrass regions
locatedIn Kansas
Missouri
Nebraska
Oklahoma NERFINISHED
central United States
majorEconomicActivities cattle ranching
oil and gas extraction (localized)
wheat farming
namedAfter Osage Nation NERFINISHED
partOf Great Plains physiographic province NERFINISHED
Interior Plains NERFINISHED
North American Great Plains grassland system NERFINISHED

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Referenced by (5)

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

Dissected Till Plains borderedBy Osage Plains
Springfield Plateau borderedBy Osage Plains
Illinois Confederation culturalRegion Osage Plains
this entity surface form: Prairie–Plains borderlands
Osage County, Oklahoma partOfRegion Osage Plains
this entity surface form: Osage Hills
Northeastern Oklahoma partOf Osage Plains
this entity surface form: Osage Hills