High Plains of Kansas

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physiographic region plateau

The High Plains of Kansas are a vast, semi-arid plateau in western Kansas characterized by flat to gently rolling grasslands, extensive agriculture, and a largely rural landscape.

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Observed surface forms (6)

Surface form Occurrences
High Plains 7
High Plains region of Kansas 3
High Plains region 2

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf physiographic region ⓘ
plateau ⓘ
characterizedBy center-pivot irrigation fields ⓘ
few trees away from waterways ⓘ
largely rural landscape ⓘ
long, straight roads ⓘ
climateFeature frequent strong winds ⓘ
high evaporation rates ⓘ
large temperature extremes ⓘ
low annual precipitation ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
dominantCrops alfalfa ⓘ
corn ⓘ
sorghum ⓘ
wheat ⓘ
dominantLivestock cattle ⓘ
ecoregion mixed-grass prairie ⓘ
shortgrass prairie ⓘ
elevation generally higher than central and eastern Kansas ⓘ
elevationTrend rises gradually from east to west ⓘ
hasClimate semi-arid ⓘ
hasLandscape semi-arid plateau ⓘ
hasVegetation grassland ⓘ
historicalUse frontier settlement in late 19th century ⓘ
open range ranching ⓘ
hydrology underlain by Ogallala Aquifer ⓘ
landUse dryland farming ⓘ
extensive agriculture ⓘ
irrigated farming ⓘ
ranching ⓘ
locatedIn Kansas ⓘ
locatedInRegion Western Kansas NERFINISHED ⓘ
majorEconomicActivity energy production (wind) ⓘ
industrial-scale agriculture ⓘ
naturalHazard drought ⓘ
dust storms ⓘ
hail ⓘ
severe thunderstorms ⓘ
tornadoes ⓘ
partOf Great Plains NERFINISHED ⓘ
High Plains (United States) NERFINISHED ⓘ
populationDensity low ⓘ
terrain flat to gently rolling ⓘ
transportationCorridor Interstate 70 (western Kansas segment) NERFINISHED ⓘ
U.S. Highway 50 NERFINISHED ⓘ
U.S. Highway 83 NERFINISHED ⓘ
waterSource groundwater irrigation ⓘ
limited surface water ⓘ

Referenced by (19)

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Trego County, Kansas → adjacentTo → High Plains of Kansas ⓘ
this entity surface form: High Plains region
Smoky Hills region of Kansas → borderedBy → High Plains of Kansas ⓘ
Greeley County, Kansas → category → High Plains of Kansas ⓘ
this entity surface form: High Plains of the United States
western Kansas → contains → High Plains of Kansas ⓘ
subject surface form: Western Kansas
this entity surface form: High Plains region of Kansas
Little Arkansas River → crosses → High Plains of Kansas ⓘ
this entity surface form: Great Plains region of Kansas
Logan County, Kansas → landscape → High Plains of Kansas ⓘ
this entity surface form: High Plains
Greeley County, Kansas → locatedIn → High Plains of Kansas ⓘ
this entity surface form: High Plains
Hodgeman County, Kansas → locatedIn → High Plains of Kansas ⓘ
this entity surface form: High Plains
Kearny County, Kansas → locatedIn → High Plains of Kansas ⓘ
this entity surface form: High Plains region of Kansas
Wichita County, Kansas → locatedIn → High Plains of Kansas ⓘ
this entity surface form: High Plains
Wichita County, Kansas → locatedOn → High Plains of Kansas ⓘ
this entity surface form: High Plains region of the Great Plains
Gove County, Kansas → partOf → High Plains of Kansas ⓘ
this entity surface form: High Plains
Wallace County, Kansas → partOf → High Plains of Kansas ⓘ
this entity surface form: High Plains
Centennial State → referentRegion → High Plains of Kansas ⓘ
this entity surface form: High Plains region
Ellis, Kansas → region → High Plains of Kansas ⓘ
Greeley County, Kansas → region → High Plains of Kansas ⓘ
this entity surface form: High Plains region of the Great Plains
Lane County, Kansas → region → High Plains of Kansas ⓘ
Logan County, Kansas → region → High Plains of Kansas ⓘ
this entity surface form: High Plains
Wallace County, Kansas → region → High Plains of Kansas ⓘ
this entity surface form: High Plains region of Kansas