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  2. Cheyenne Bottoms - Wikipedia

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    Cheyenne Bottoms is located at (38.4694559, -98.6559125) at an elevation of 1,795 feet (547 It lies in central Kansas in the Arkansas River Lowlands region of the Great Plains . [ 3 ] Its primary inflows are two small local streams, Blood Creek and Deception Creek, which flow into it from the northwest.

  3. Quivira National Wildlife Refuge - Wikipedia

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    A map of Quivira National Wildlife Refuge. KDOT map of Stafford County . Quivira National Wildlife Refuge was created in 1955 and in 1998 the refuge reached its present size of 22,135 acres (89.58 km 2). [3] The Refuge is bisected by Rattlesnake Creek from which it receives the main flow of water. [4]

  4. List of Ramsar sites in the United States - Wikipedia

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    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).

  5. List of lakes, reservoirs, and dams in Kansas - Wikipedia

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    Cheyenne Bottoms 15,500 acres (6,300 ha) of wetland and marsh in 41,000 acres (17,000 ha) ... A map showing location of Bureau of Reclamation lakes in Kansas.

  6. Proposed solar project strains the bonds that unite a rural ...

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    In the bitter fight over development near Cheyenne Bottoms, neighbors are still finding common ground ... Stratton showed them a county map with what Tricia later called “the elusive red mystery ...

  7. Bird Watchers Flock to These 15 Prime Spots Across America - AOL

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    Cheyenne Bottoms, part of a massive natural land sink, provides an important wetlands habitat and has hosted at least 350 different birds. At Quivira, salt marsh and sand prairie have sheltered a ...

  8. Two types of venomous snakes can be spotted near ... - AOL

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    The GPS Ranger tours of Cheyenne Bottoms includes information on the area’s reptiles, like this bull snake found crawling along a dike road. (File Photo) One of the most common ones you’ll see ...

  9. Central Great Plains (ecoregion) - Wikipedia

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    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.