geography

Did the United States Once Have an Inland Sea?

šŸ’” The Answer

  • During the Cretaceous period, the Western Interior Seaway split North America.
  • It stretched from the Gulf of Mexico to the Arctic Ocean.
  • Today's Great Plains region was once the seafloor.
  • Fossils of marine reptiles like mosasaurs are found in Kansas.

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