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
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6061998 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
Target entity: Osage Plains Context triple: [Dissected Till Plains, borderedBy, Osage Plains]
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Flint Hills
Flint Hills is a tallgrass prairie region in eastern Kansas known for its rolling hills, rich ranching heritage, and some of the last remaining expanses of native prairie in North America.
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B.
Cherokee Outlet
The Cherokee Outlet was a strip of land in present-day Oklahoma that once served as grazing territory for the Cherokee Nation before being opened to non-Indigenous settlement in the late 19th century.
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C.
Salt Plains
Salt Plains is a vast, otherworldly expanse of white salt flats and unique landforms within Wood Buffalo National Park, known for its striking barren landscape and distinctive mineral deposits.
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D.
Springfield Plateau
The Springfield Plateau is a geologic region within the Ozarks characterized by gently rolling terrain, extensive karst features, and thick layers of Mississippian limestone and chert.
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E.
Cross Timbers
Cross Timbers is a transitional ecoregion of mixed woodland and prairie that stretches across parts of Oklahoma, Texas, and Kansas, forming a natural boundary between the eastern forests and the Great Plains.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Osage Plains Target entity description: 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.
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A.
Flint Hills
Flint Hills is a tallgrass prairie region in eastern Kansas known for its rolling hills, rich ranching heritage, and some of the last remaining expanses of native prairie in North America.
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B.
Cherokee Outlet
The Cherokee Outlet was a strip of land in present-day Oklahoma that once served as grazing territory for the Cherokee Nation before being opened to non-Indigenous settlement in the late 19th century.
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C.
Salt Plains
Salt Plains is a vast, otherworldly expanse of white salt flats and unique landforms within Wood Buffalo National Park, known for its striking barren landscape and distinctive mineral deposits.
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D.
Springfield Plateau
The Springfield Plateau is a geologic region within the Ozarks characterized by gently rolling terrain, extensive karst features, and thick layers of Mississippian limestone and chert.
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E.
Cross Timbers
Cross Timbers is a transitional ecoregion of mixed woodland and prairie that stretches across parts of Oklahoma, Texas, and Kansas, forming a natural boundary between the eastern forests and the Great Plains.
- F. None of above. chosen
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
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humid subtropical climate (southern portions) ⓘ |
| hasConservationIssues |
conversion to agriculture
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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
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Interior Plains NERFINISHED ⓘ North American Great Plains grassland system NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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Subject: Osage Plains Description of subject: 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.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.