REGIONS Flashcards
What area contains rocks from the Rocky Mountains carried east by the Arkansas River?
Arkansas River Lowlands
Located in the southwest to south central part of the state.
Describe the Chautauqua Hills.
Low hills topped with sandstone, Oak trees, and medium-tall grasses
Found in the narrow section southeast/middle quadrant of the state.
What is the Cherokee Lowlands known for?
Fertile soil that is good for growing crops and a gently rolling landscape
Located in the far southeast corner of the state.
What type of land is the Flint Hills Uplands good for?
Ranching
Characterized by hard rocky soil, few trees, and tall grasses, located in the south central to northern central part of the state.
What significant geological feature once covered the Glaciated Region?
Huge glaciers 500 feet thick
This region is in the northeast corner of the state.
What is the composition of the High Plains?
Rocky mountains eroded into sand and rock; flatlands have sandstone
Located in the western third of the state and into Eastern Colorado.
Define cuestas as seen in the Osage Cuestas.
High cliffs with gentle western slopes surrounded by prairie
The Osage Cuestas are found in the eastern quarter of the southern part of the state.
What characterizes the Ozark Plateau?
Hilly land covered with hardwood trees and caves
Located in the extreme southeast part of the state.
What is the Glaciated Region?
A region once covered by huge glaciers (500 feet thick) that broke off boulders made of red quartzite.
Located in the northeast corner of the state.
What characterizes the High Plains?
Eroded Rocky Mountains resulting in flatlands with sandstone.
Found in the western third of the state and into Eastern Colorado.
What are Osage Cuestas?
High cliffs with gentle western slopes surrounded by prairie.
The term ‘Cuestas’ is Spanish for cliffs, located in the eastern quarter of the southern part of the state.
What is the Ozark Plateau?
Hilly land covered with hardwood trees and caves.
Located in the extreme southeast part of the state.
What are the Red Hills/Gypsum Hills?
Hills named for the iron oxide in the soil, believed to have healing powers by Plain Indians due to Epsom salt in the water.
Located in the southwest central part of the state.
What are the Smoky Hills?
A region that was under a prehistoric ocean, creating sandstone, limestone, and chalk, known for early morning haze in the valleys.
Found in the north central part of the state.
What are the Wellington-McPherson Lowlands?
Sand dunes covered with grasses, with water and salt as resources in the area.
Located in the south-mid central part of the state.
