Much of Illinois’s land is flat, with irregular plains in the western, northern, and southern sections. This area once constituted a vast tallgrass prairie, virtually all of which was converted to farmland or urban sprawl.The unglaciated southernmost part of the state is in many ways out of character with the rest of Illinois. More @Wikipedia
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