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  2. List of protected areas of Illinois - Wikipedia

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    Cache River State Natural Area: Johnson: 14,314 57.93 1970: Cache River: Franklin Creek State Natural Area: Lee: 882 3.57 1982: Franklin Creek: Fults Hill Prairie State Natural Area: Monroe: 997 4.03 1970: Kidd Lake: Goose Lake Prairie State Natural Area: Grundy: 2,537 10.27 1969: Goose Lake, Des Plaines River, Kankakee River, Illinois River

  3. Chicago Heights, Illinois - Wikipedia

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    Chicago Heights lies on the high land of the Tinley Moraine, with the higher and older Valparaiso Moraine lying just to the south of the city.. According to the 2021 census gazetteer files, Chicago Heights has a total area of 10.30 square miles (26.68 km 2), of which 10.28 square miles (26.63 km 2) (or 99.87%) is land and 0.01 square miles (0.03 km 2) (or 0.13%) is water.

  4. List of ecoregions in Illinois - Wikipedia

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    54b - Chicago Lake Plain; 54c - Kankakee Marsh; 54d - Sand Area; 54e - Chiwaukee Prairie Region; 54f - Valparaiso-Wheaton Morainal Complex; 54g - Rock River Hills; 71 Interior Plateau (far southern Illinois) 71a - Crawford-Mammoth Cave Uplands; 71m - Northern Shawnee Hills; 71n - Southern Shawnee Hills

  5. List of nature centers in Illinois - Wikipedia

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    Chicago area: Operated by the Forest Preserve District of DuPage County, 226 acres, exhibits on area natural history The Grove: Glenview: Cook: Chicago area: Operated by the Glenview Park District, 123 acres, natural and cultural history displays, 1856 period house, log cabin, Native American longhouse, replica one-room schoolhouse, wetland ...

  6. Fox Valley (Illinois) - Wikipedia

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    The Fox Valley—also commonly known as the Fox River Valley—is a region centered on the Fox River of Northern Illinois, along the western edges of the Chicago metropolitan area. [1] The region extends from the village of Antioch , in far northern Illinois, to the city of Ottawa in the south. [ 1 ]

  7. Natural Resources Fund recommending $41.7 million for ... - AOL

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    (The Center Square) – The Michigan Natural Resources Trust Fund Board has officially recommended the Michigan Legislature fund 68 recreation development projects and 17 land acquisitions ...

  8. Topographic map - Wikipedia

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    Heights are colour-coded. In modern mapping, a topographic map or topographic sheet is a type of map characterized by large- scale detail and quantitative representation of relief features, usually using contour lines (connecting points of equal elevation), but historically using a variety of methods .

  9. Valparaiso Moraine - Wikipedia

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    Indiana Department of Natural Resources maintains 809 acres (327 ha). The preserve has numerous trails through rolling ridges and steep hills left by the glaciers. The area includes potholes and a shallow pond. It is covered by a mature beech-maple forest on the high ground and buttonbush and black willow in the ravines, potholes and near the pond.