The Shawnee Hills is a region of Western Kentucky and Southern Illinois. Official language(s) English Capital Frankfort Largest city Louisville Area  - Total  - Width  - Length  - % water  - Latitude  - Longitude Ranked 37th 104,749 km² 225 km 610 km 1. ... Little Egypt can mean: Little Egypt, a belly dancer. ...

The Kentucky part consists of many low, rolling hills, primarily underlain by rocks of Pennsylvanian age, including coal. The coal is primarily accessed by strip mining techniques, which have been envrionmentally devastating to parts of this region. Official language(s) English Capital Frankfort Largest city Louisville Area  - Total  - Width  - Length  - % water  - Latitude  - Longitude Ranked 37th 104,749 km² 225 km 610 km 1. ... The Pennsylvanian is a geologic (sub)period lasting from roughly 325 million years before the present (BP) to 286 million years BP. As with most other geologic periods, the rock beds that define the period are well identified, but the exact date of the start and end are uncertain by... Coal is a fossil fuel extracted from the ground by underground mining or open-pit mining (strip mining). ... Strip mining is the practice of mining a seam of mineral ore by first removing all of the soil and rock that lies on top of it. ...

Mineral resources of the Illinois part include fluorite, mined for many years near Golconda. The Shawnee National Forest contains much of this part of Illinois. This area includes some fairly remote designated wilderness areas, and much scenery, although the forests are almost exclusively second- and third- growth. Official language(s) English Capital Springfield Largest city Chicago Area  - Total  - Width  - Length  - % water  - Latitude  - Longitude Ranked 25th 149,998 km² 340 km 629 km 4. ... Fluorite (also called fluor-spar) is a mineral composed of calcium fluoride, CaF2. ... Golconda is a city located in Pope County, Illinois. ... The Shawnee National Forest, located in the Ozark and Shawnee hills of Southern Illinois, consists of approximately 270,000 acres of federally managed lands. ... This article is about forests as a massing of trees. ...

The Shawnee Hills of Illinois attracted many settlers from farther south in Kentucky and Tennessee, especially during the early 19th century, and the culture of the region still has a decidedly Southern flavor. Settlers are people who have travelled of their own choice, from the land of their birth to live in new lands or colonies. ... Official language(s) English Capital Nashville Largest city Memphis Area  - Total  - Width  - Length  - % water  - Latitude  - Longitude Ranked 36th 109,247 km² 195 km 710 km 2. ... Alternative meaning: Nineteenth Century (periodical) (18th century — 19th century — 20th century — more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 19th century was that century which lasted from 1801-1900 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar. ... The word culture, from the Latin colo, -ere, with its root meaning to cultivate, generally refers to patterns of human activity and the symbolic structures that give such activity significance. ... Southern United States. ...

See also

• Ohio River
• Shawnee National Forest
• Dixon Springs State Park