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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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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