Osage Plains

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The Osage Plains are a temperate grassland region of the central United States, characterized by rolling prairies and transitional landscapes between the tallgrass prairies to the east and the Great Plains to the west.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Osage Hills 5
Osage Plains canonical 4
Prairie–Plains borderlands 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ecoregion ⓘ
temperate grassland region ⓘ
borderedBy Great Plains to the west ⓘ
tallgrass prairie to the east ⓘ
climateTrend subject to periodic droughts ⓘ
contains Cross Timbers transition zones ⓘ
Flint Hills (marginal areas) ⓘ
linked to: Flint Hills
country United States ⓘ
dominantLandUse cropland ⓘ
livestock grazing ⓘ
rangeland ⓘ
elevationRange approximately 200 to 500 meters above sea level ⓘ
faunaIncludes bison (historically) ⓘ
greater prairie-chicken ⓘ
pronghorn (historically and locally) ⓘ
white-tailed deer ⓘ
floraIncludes Indian grass ⓘ
big bluestem ⓘ
little bluestem ⓘ
switchgrass ⓘ
geologicSetting sedimentary rocks of the Paleozoic era ⓘ
hasBiome temperate grassland ⓘ
hasClimate humid continental climate ⓘ
humid subtropical climate (southern portions) ⓘ
hasConservationIssues conversion to agriculture ⓘ
grassland habitat loss ⓘ
woody plant encroachment ⓘ
hasLandscapeType rolling prairies ⓘ
transitional landscape ⓘ
hasSoilType alfisols ⓘ
mollisols ⓘ
hasVegetationType mixed-grass prairie ⓘ
prairie grasses ⓘ
hydrology drained by tributaries of the Arkansas River ⓘ
drained by tributaries of the Missouri River ⓘ
knownFor transition between tallgrass prairie and Great Plains shortgrass regions ⓘ
locatedIn Kansas ⓘ
Missouri ⓘ
Nebraska ⓘ
Oklahoma ⓘ
central United States ⓘ
majorEconomicActivities cattle ranching ⓘ
oil and gas extraction (localized) ⓘ
wheat farming ⓘ
namedAfter Osage Nation ⓘ
partOf Great Plains physiographic province ⓘ
linked to: Great Plains

Interior Plains ⓘ
North American Great Plains grassland system ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Dissected Till Plains → borderedBy → Osage Plains ⓘ
Springfield Plateau → borderedBy → Osage Plains ⓘ
Illinois Confederation → culturalRegion → Prairie–Plains borderlands ⓘ
linked to: Osage Plains
Osage County, Oklahoma → partOfRegion → Osage Hills ⓘ
linked to: Osage Plains
Northeastern Oklahoma → partOf → Osage Hills ⓘ
linked to: Osage Plains
Osage Cuestas → boundedBy → Osage Plains ⓘ
Skiatook → locatedInPhysiographicRegion → Osage Hills ⓘ
linked to: Osage Plains
Barnsdall, Oklahoma → region → Osage Hills ⓘ
linked to: Osage Plains
Woolaroc Museum & Wildlife Preserve → region → Osage Hills ⓘ
linked to: Osage Plains