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Cheyenne Bottoms is a wetland in the central Great Plains of North America. Occupying approximately 41,000 acres (170 km 2; 64 sq mi) in central Kansas, it is the largest wetland in the interior United States. [3] [4] The Bottoms is a critical stopping point on the Central Flyway for millions of birds which migrate through the region annually. [5]
This list of Ramsar sites in the United States are those wetlands that are considered to be of international importance, protected under the Ramsar Convention treaty. The United States as of 2020, has 41 sites designated as "Wetlands of International Importance" with a surface area of 1,884,551 hectares (7,276.29 sq mi; 18,845.51 km 2).
Twenty-one miles (34 km) of canals have been constructed to create additional marshland. The Refuge has 34 wetlands from 10 to 1,500 acres (6.1 km 2) in size totaling 7,000 acres (28 km 2). [5] The wetlands have high salt levels. Quivira also has about 13,000 acres (53 km 2) of sand dunes covered with prairie grasses.
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Kansas Wetlands Educational Center: Great Bend: Barton: Central: website, education center for 49,000-acre wetlands of the Cheyenne Bottoms and the Quivira National Wildlife Refuge, operated by Fort Hays State University and the Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks: Milford Nature Center: Junction City: Geary: Flint Hills
Kansas — the Cheyenne Bottoms, the Quivira National Wildlife Refuge near the town of Stafford, the Red Hills, and the Smoky Hills areas; These protected areas consist of patches of intact native grassland amid cultivated rangeland, and most of the remaining natural habitats of the Great Plains are unprotected.
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More than 200 species of birds have been recorded in the wetlands, including white-faced ibis, snowy plover, peregrine falcons, and many species of ducks. [3] In 1995, for the first time in 100 years, whooping cranes visited the wetlands. [4] In spring 2016, 17 whooping cranes visited the Big Basin marshes. [5]