Cherokee Lowlands
The Cherokee lowlands is a region of southeast Kansas immediately north and west of the Ozark plateau in Cherokee, Labette, Crawford and Bourbon Counties. The lowlands are developed on areas of gently rolling hils developed on the shale and sandstone of the Cherokee Group of Pennsylvanian age. The Cherokee Group is noted for rich deposits of coal in Kansas and across the midwestern United States.
Read more about this topic: Geology Of Kansas, Physiographic Regions
Famous quotes containing the words cherokee and/or lowlands:
“A Cherokee is too smart to put anything in the contribution box of a race that’s robbed him of his birthright.”
—Howard Estabrook (1884–1978)
“In the lowlands I have no comrade, not even the lone man’s friend—”
—Thomas Hardy (1840–1928)