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The wetland's primary outflow is an outlet canal to Little Cheyenne Creek to the southeast. [11] Little Cheyenne Creek empties into Cow Creek, a tributary of the Arkansas River. [3] [11] Cheyenne Bottoms lies entirely within Barton County. [11] The entire wetland occupies a natural land sink spanning 41,000 acres or 64 square miles (170 km 2). [4]
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).
Retired physician Dan Witt is an opponent of renewable energy assets being installed anywhere near Cheyenne Bottoms, a wetland near Great Bend. “That foreign company”
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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The grasslands are home habitat for resident prairie birds, while the wetlands of the region are important stopovers for birds migrating between North America and Mexico. The Cheyenne Bottoms near Great Bend, Kansas, and the Platte River in Nebraska are particularly important for migrating sandhill cranes and other waders.
Bosen told the board the project will bring much-needed modern year-round housing to Hampton as outlined in the town's master plan and the 2023 Hampton house data report, which calls for 1,052 ...
Cheyenne Bottoms, a large inland wetland, is located approximately 6 miles (9.7 km) to the northeast. [ 19 ] According to the United States Census Bureau , the city has a total area of 10.71 square miles (27.74 km 2 ), of which 10.60 square miles (27.45 km 2 ) is land and 0.11 square miles (0.28 km 2 ) is water.