Today, huge man-made lakes provide flood control reservoirs for the farmer and also wonderful recreational resorts for fishing, sailing, swimming, and water-skiing. A million acres of farmland, formerly parched by drought, are now green and fertile. Strategically planted trees conserve the soil.
Rainfall averages twenty-six inches a year; in the southeast, the norm runs as high as forty inches, but it is only fifteen inches towards the arid western border, and the western third of the state is one of the windiest inland areas of the nation. Tornadoes do occur, but no more frequently than in other plains states. Above all, Kansas is sunny: there are rarely more than 100 cloudy days in the year.
Kansas has few natural lakes, but man-made ones are enjoyed by vacation crowds in search of boating, swimming, water-skiing, and other summer sports. Here is Fall River dam and reservoir, between Eureka and Fredonia in the southeastern section of the state.
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