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The lake sturgeon is near the southern end of its range in Arkansas, more commonly found in the Upper Midwest. [86] Pallid and shovelnose sturgeon live in large, turbid rivers of the Mississippi Alluvial Plain, including the lower Arkansas, Mississippi, and lower White rivers downstream of impoundments. [87] [88]
The McClellan–Kerr Arkansas River Navigation System diverts from the Arkansas River 2.5 mi (4.0 km) upstream of the Wilbur D. Mills Dam to avoid the long winding route which the lower Arkansas River follows. This circuitous portion of the Arkansas River between the Wilbur D. Mills Dam and the Mississippi River was historically bypassed by ...
The Arkansas River shiner (Notropis girardi) is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Notropis.It is native to part of the central United States. Historically this shiner was widespread and abundant throughout the western portions of the Arkansas River basin in Kansas, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas.
The Arkansas darter has an olive-brown dorsal surface spotted with fine black markings, and a yellowish-white underside except that in males during the breeding season, the belly turns bright orange. It has a blackish wedge-shaped blotch beneath its eye and there are 12 to 14 dark stripes along the sides. [2]
The Arkansas River is very shallow through Arkansas and Oklahoma, and was naturally incapable of supporting river traffic through most of the year. To allow for navigation, construction was started in 1963 on a system of channels and locks to connect the many reservoirs along the length of the Arkansas River.
The Spring River is a 57-mile (92 km) [1] long river which flows through the U.S. states of Missouri and Arkansas. [4] [5] It consists of two branches, the South Fork of the Spring River and the Spring River proper. [6] The South Fork of the Spring River starts in Howell County, Missouri and flows south through Fulton and Sharp counties in ...
Location of the state of Arkansas in the United States. The state of Arkansas has numerous symbols.. Though two other songs are designated as "state songs" (plus a "state historical song" which was the state song from 1949 to 1963), by state law, the secretary of state must respond to any requests for "the state song" with the music of the state anthem, "Arkansas", which was the state song ...
Arkansas River shiner (Notropis girardi) Banded darter (Etheostoma zonale) Banded pygmy sunfish (Elassoma zonatum) Banded sculpin (Cottus carolinae) Bantam sunfish (Lepomis symmetricus) Bigeye chub (Hybopsis amblops) Bigeye shiner (Notropis boops) Bigmouth buffalo (Ictiobus cyprinellus) Black buffalo (Ictiobus niger) Black bullhead (Ameiurus melas)