Osage Cuestas

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The Osage Cuestas are a region of east-central Kansas and northeastern Oklahoma characterized by a series of east-facing limestone escarpments and rolling hills formed by differential erosion.

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Osage Cuestas canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf cuesta region ⓘ
physiographic region ⓘ
boundedBy Chautauqua Hills ⓘ
Flint Hills ⓘ
Osage Plains ⓘ
characterizedBy differential erosion ⓘ
east-facing escarpments ⓘ
rolling hills ⓘ
climateType humid continental ⓘ
contains broad intervening valleys ⓘ
series of limestone-capped ridges ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
dominantRockType limestone ⓘ
shale ⓘ
drainedBy Marais des Cygnes River ⓘ
Neosho River ⓘ
Verdigris River ⓘ
Walnut River ⓘ
elevationRange approximately 250–450 meters above sea level ⓘ
erosionalProcess differential weathering of limestone and shale ⓘ
stream erosion ⓘ
extendsInto Osage County, Kansas ⓘ
Osage County, Oklahoma ⓘ
geologicalFeature cuesta ⓘ
hasLandUse cropland ⓘ
pasture ⓘ
rangeland ⓘ
hasVegetation oak-hickory woodland patches ⓘ
tallgrass prairie remnants ⓘ
locatedIn Kansas ⓘ
Oklahoma ⓘ
locatedInRegion east-central Kansas ⓘ
northeastern Oklahoma ⓘ
maximumRelief approximately 60 meters ⓘ
namedAfter Osage people ⓘ
partOf Central Lowland Province ⓘ
Interior Plains ⓘ
physiographicDivisionOf Kansas physiographic regions ⓘ
physiographicSectionOf Kansas ⓘ
Oklahoma ⓘ
recognizedBy Kansas Geological Survey ⓘ
United States Geological Survey ⓘ
soilType alfisols ⓘ
mollisols ⓘ
stratigraphicAge Pennsylvanian ⓘ
Permian ⓘ
topographicTrend north-south cuestas with east-facing scarps ⓘ

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