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Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve
History & Culture
 
Aerial photo of the Flint Hills at Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve  

Did You Know?
Kansas was once the bed of a vast inland sea. The unique, stairstep landscape of the Flint Hills was formed through a process of differential erosion. Erosion washed away the soft shale layers and left the tougher layers of limestone and flint to form the hilltops and prominent benches.

Last Updated: December 26, 2007 at 23:29 EST