Kansas
Midwest wheat heartland
Kansas is a state in the central United States, known for flat prairies and wheat farming.
It sits in the geographic center of the contiguous states.
We drove through Kansas on our way to Colorado.
The phrase not in Kansas anymore signals entering unfamiliar territory, from the film *The Wizard of Oz*.
Cereal crop for flour
- cornCereal grown on cobs
- soybeansProtein-rich Asian legume
- sorghumWarm-climate cereal grass
- cattleDomesticated bovines kept commercially
harvest · combine · feedlots · ranching · silos · sunflowers · breadbasket · grain elevators
Open grassy flatland
- flatlandLevel, unvaried terrain
- horizonApparent earth-sky meeting
- vastnessState of being immense
- grasslandTreeless herb-covered ecosystem
tallgrass · Great Plains · openness · windswept · panorama · endless sky · rolling hills · pasture
Rotating destructive windstorm
- tornado alleyFunnel-prone geographic zone
- funnel cloudRotating condensation pendant
- supercellRotating severe thunderstorm
- storm chaserOne who pursues tornadoes
storm cellar · siren · vortex · Wizard of Oz · Dorothy · severe weather · outbreak · warning
Kansas state capital
- WichitaKansas's largest city
- LawrenceKansas university city
- Brown v. BoardDesegregation Supreme Court decision
- Dodge CityHistoric Kansas frontier town
Hutchinson · Manhattan · Liberal · Leavenworth · Abilene · Eisenhower · statehouse · counties
Central region of significance
- flyover countryDismissed interior regions
- Middle AmericaGeographic and cultural center
- ruralOf the countryside
- small-townLimited local outlook
conservative · American Gothic · farming communities · Main Street · country roads · regionalism · Bible Belt · down-home
wheat
Cereal crop for flour
cattle · harvest · combine · feedlots · ranching · silos · sunflowers · breadbasket · grain elevators · stockyards
prairie
Open grassy flatland
grassland · tallgrass · Great Plains · openness · windswept · panorama · endless sky · rolling hills · pasture · rangeland
twister
Rotating destructive windstorm
- tornado alleyFunnel-prone geographic zone
- funnel cloudRotating condensation pendant
- supercellRotating severe thunderstorm
storm chaser · storm cellar · siren · vortex · Wizard of Oz · Dorothy · severe weather · outbreak · warning · debris
Topeka
Kansas state capital
- WichitaKansas's largest city
- LawrenceKansas university city
- Brown v. BoardDesegregation Supreme Court decision
Dodge City · Hutchinson · Manhattan · Liberal · Leavenworth · Abilene · Eisenhower · statehouse · counties
heartland
Central region of significance
- flyover countryDismissed interior regions
- Middle AmericaGeographic and cultural center
- ruralOf the countryside
small-town · conservative · American Gothic · farming communities · Main Street · country roads · regionalism · Bible Belt · down-home · wholesome
- US StatesCalifornia, Texas, New York, Florida, Hawaii
- Wizard of OzDorothy, Tin Man, Cowardly Lion, Wicked Witch, yellow brick road
- HeartlandMidwest, Great Plains, cornfields, farms, farmhouses
- Indigenous NamesAlabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, Chicago
- MidwestIndiana, Illinois, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota
- States/ProvincesTexas, California, New York, Florida, Ohio
KansasHawaii
Pacific island state
Colorado · California · Florida · coastal states · mountainous terrain
KansasCalifornia
West coast megastate
New York · Massachusetts · Vermont · San Francisco · Manhattan
KansasOz
Fictional enchanted kingdom
Emerald City · over the rainbow · New York City · Las Vegas · Hollywood
- Kansas CityTwin-state metro area
- not in Kansas anymoreTransported to unfamiliar territory
- Kansas City ChiefsMissouri professional football team
- Kansas City RoyalsMissouri professional baseball club
- Kansas-Nebraska Act1854 territorial organization law
- Kansas twisterRotating windstorm over flatlands