Oklahom is a state located in the South Central United States. Oklahoma is the 20th most extensive and the 28th most populous of the 50 United States. The state's name is derived from the Choctaw words okla and humma, meaning "red people". It is also known informally by its nickname, The Sooner State,
in reference to the non-Native settlers who staked their claims on the
choicest pieces of land prior to the official opening date, and the Indian Appropriations Act of 1889, which opened the door for white settlement in America's Indian Territory. The name was settled upon statehood, Oklahoma Territory and Indian Territory
were merged and Indian was dropped from the name.
Oklahoma is located in a temperate region and experiences occasional extremes of temperature and precipitation typical of a continental climate. Oklahoma lies in a transition zone between humid continental climate to
the north, semi-arid climate to the west, and humid subtropical climate
to the east and southeast. Most of the state lies in an area known as Tornado Alley
characterized by frequent interaction between cold, dry air from
Canada, warm to hot, dry air from Mexico and the Southwestern U.S., and
warm, moist air from the Gulf of Mexico. The interactions between these
three contrasting air currents produces severe weather
(severe thunderstorms, damaging thunderstorm winds, large hail and
tornadoes) with a frequency virtually unseen anywhere else on planet
Earth. An average 62 tornadoes strike the state per year - one of the highest rates in the world.
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