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The aquatic and wooded habitats available near reservoirs and streams showcase a different array of animals. Open water attracts eagles, ospreys, grebes, and sandhill cranes. Woodlands provide hiding places for warblers, beavers, and muskrats.
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Elevations in the Smoky Hills range from about 1,200 feet (370 m) in the river valley near Salina to about 2,400 feet (730 m) at the western edge of the region.
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It consists of three belts of hills, all running southwest to northeast, which correspond to the underlying geological formations (see
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country due to the practice of early settlers using limestone for buildings and fenceposts since trees were scarce.
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all flow eastward through the Smoky Hills from their sources in the High Plains. Beginning in the 1940s, the
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The mixed-grass prairie of this region hosts a large variety of wildlife species. Coyotes, mule deer,
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The general feature of the country is therefor similar to that of the Kearney hills west of
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lowlands. The region extends into south-central Nebraska, bordered on the north by the
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distance map color-coded by physiographic region showing the Smoky Hills (center)
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A Tapestry of Time and Terrain: The Union of Two Maps - Geology and Topography
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found in the uppermost member of the Niobrara Chalk, the Smoky Hill Chalk.
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U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Smoky Hills
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The Dakota Formation forms the eastern region. This area includes the
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The Smoky Hills region is part of the Plains Border subregion of the
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Temperate grasslands, savannas, and shrublands in the United States
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bluffs further west. This area includes such Kansas landmarks as
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The region is divided into three regions based on the underlying
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was another Dakota Sandstone landmark in the region. There are
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Land use in the Smoky Hills consists primarily of cropland and
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Adams, George I. (1902). "Physiographic Divisions of Kansas".
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University of Kansas Publications, Museum of Natural History
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is the southernmost prominence of the Smoky Hill Buttes.
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forms the boundary with the High Plains to the west.
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Kansas
Nebraska
Range coordinates
38°47′30″N 97°59′51″W / 38.79167°N 97.99750°W / 38.79167; -97.99750
Parent range
Great Plains
Age of rock
Cretaceous
upland
hills
Great Plains
Midwestern United States
Kansas
Nebraska
tallgrass
prairie
Cretaceous
chalk
limestone
sandstone
outcroppings

KDOT
Great Plains
High Plains
Dissected Till Plains
Flint Hills
Arkansas River
Rainwater Basin

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