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  2. List of ecoregions in Illinois - Wikipedia

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    71 Interior Plateau (far southern Illinois) 71a - Crawford-Mammoth Cave Uplands; 71m - Northern Shawnee Hills; 71n - Southern Shawnee Hills; 72 Interior River Valleys and Hills (along the State boundary rivers and into the interior along the Illinois River, also the broad somewhat hillier southern and western till plains) 72a - Wabash-Ohio ...

  3. Shawnee Hills - Wikipedia

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    The Shawnee Hills are a region within the larger Interior Low Plateaus physiographic province located in southern Illinois, southern Indiana, and western Kentucky. [1] In Illinois it rests mainly in an east–west arc roughly following the outline of the southern end of the Illinois Basin .

  4. Upland South - Wikipedia

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    It includes West Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee, North Carolina, & Virginia. It also includes parts of some Northern states, such as Southern Illinois (generally the Shawnee Hills region), Southern Indiana, and Southern Ohio. Upland South outposts were settled along the shores of the Ohio River.

  5. Appalachian–Blue Ridge forests - Wikipedia

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    In terms of biodiversity, the only comparable temperate deciduous forest regions in the world are in central China, Japan, and in the Caucasus Mountains.Both the Appalachians (along with the neighbouring Appalachian mixed mesophytic forests ecoregion) and central China contain relict habitats of an ancient forest that was once widespread over the Northern Hemisphere.

  6. Appalachia - Wikipedia

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    Sean Trende, senior elections analyst at RealClearPolitics, defines "Greater Appalachia" in his 2012 book The Lost Majority as including both the Appalachian Mountains region and the Upland South, following Protestant Scotch-Irish migrations to the southern and Midwestern United States in the 18th and 19th centuries. [14]

  7. National Geographic says this southern spot offers the best ...

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    Planning your trip to Cache River State Natural Area. Cache River State Natural Area covers more than 14,000 acres in Johnson, Massac and Pulaski counties, according to the Illinois Department of ...

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  9. List of protected areas of Illinois - Wikipedia

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    State parks are owned by the state and generally administered by the Illinois Department of Natural Resources. [3] Specifically, “State Park” refers to sites “exhibiting exceptional scenic and natural features and terrain” and that “offer a wide range of recreational opportunities for the public to enjoy”.