Nebraska Sandhills

GPTKB entity

Statements (117)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:region
sand dune formation
gptkbp:area about 19,600 square miles
gptkbp:climate semi-arid
gptkbp:contains gptkb:Ogallala_Aquifer
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:ecosystem mixed-grass prairie
gptkbp:formed gptkb:Holocene_epoch
gptkbp:highestPoint about 3,600 feet
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Nebraska Sandhills
gptkbp:includesCounty gptkb:Sioux_County
gptkb:Box_Butte_County
gptkb:Garden_County
gptkb:Grant_County
gptkb:Lincoln_County
gptkb:Sheridan_County
gptkb:Brown_County
gptkb:Custer_County
gptkb:Morrill_County
gptkb:Scotts_Bluff_County
gptkb:Sherman_County
gptkb:Holt_County
gptkb:Rock_County
gptkb:Deuel_County
gptkb:Banner_County
gptkb:Blaine_County
gptkb:Wheeler_County
gptkb:Cherry_County
gptkb:Logan_County
gptkb:Thomas_County
gptkb:Perkins_County
gptkb:McPherson_County
gptkb:Arthur_County
gptkb:Dawes_County
gptkb:Hooker_County
gptkb:Keith_County
gptkb:Loup_County
gptkb:Merrick_County
gptkbp:locatedIn gptkb:Nebraska
gptkbp:lowestPoint about 1,800 feet
gptkbp:mainEconomicActivity cattle ranching
gptkbp:mainRiver gptkb:Platte_River
gptkb:Middle_Loup_River
gptkb:North_Loup_River
gptkb:South_Loup_River
gptkb:Loup_River
gptkb:Niobrara_River
gptkb:Dismal_River
gptkbp:notableFor biodiversity
low population density
stabilized sand dunes
unique wetland complexes
largest sand dune formation in the Western Hemisphere
gptkbp:notableSpecies gptkb:Franklin's_gull
gptkb:plains_pocket_gopher
gptkb:bird
gptkb:lake
gptkb:lion
gptkb:Swainson's_hawk
gptkb:prairie_rattlesnake
gptkb:Wilson's_phalarope
gptkb:black_tern
gptkb:brown_thrasher
gptkb:loggerhead_shrike
gptkb:lark_bunting
gptkb:sandhill_crane
gptkb:grasshopper_sparrow
gptkb:upland_sandpiper
gptkb:bobolink
gptkb:horned_lark
gptkb:savannah_sparrow
gptkb:western_meadowlark
gptkb:yellow-headed_blackbird
gptkb:American_badger
gptkb:clay-colored_sparrow
gptkb:eastern_kingbird
gptkb:vesper_sparrow
gptkb:western_kingbird
gptkb:American_avocet
gptkb:long-billed_curlew
gptkb:marbled_godwit
gptkb:pied-billed_grebe
gptkb:Blanding's_turtle
gptkb:Forster's_tern
mule deer
red fox
white-tailed deer
American bittern
American coot
blue-winged teal
burrowing owl
canvasback
ferruginous hawk
great horned owl
muskrat
northern harrier
northern pintail
pronghorn
short-eared owl
willet
badger
northern leopard frog
western hognose snake
greater prairie chicken
bison (historically)
sharp-tailed grouse
redhead duck
gptkbp:protectedArea gptkb:Crescent_Lake_National_Wildlife_Refuge
gptkb:Valentine_National_Wildlife_Refuge
gptkbp:soilType sandy
gptkbp:vegetation grasses
shrubs
forbs
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Middle_Loup_River
gptkb:High_Plains_Aquifer
gptkb:Grant_County,_Nebraska
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7