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Outside of Tulsa (the largest city in the four-states area by far), the area has two primary television markets. The Joplin–Pittsburg market covers the region’s counties in Missouri; Ottawa County, Oklahoma (the only county in northeastern Oklahoma that is not designated as part of the Tulsa market); and most of those in southeastern Kansas (excluding Chautauqua and Montgomery counties ...
The Sugarloaf Mountains-Midland Peak Natural Area consists of about 1,200 acres (490 ha) of environmentally–sensitive land purchased in 2022 for purposes of environmental protection by the Arkansas Natural Heritage Commission. [3]
Primarily from the United States Government Printing Office Style Manual. [1] State names usually signify only parts of each listed state, unless otherwise indicated. Based on the BLM manual's 1973 publication date, and the reference to Clarke's Spheroid of 1866 in section 2-82, coordinates appear to be in the NAD27 datum.
They extend from Pulaski County, Arkansas to Atoka County, Oklahoma and are home to several popular sites of interest, including Pinnacle Mountain State Park near Little Rock, Arkansas. The highest natural point is Rich Mountain at 2,681 feet (817 m), which intersects the Arkansas-Oklahoma border near Mena, Arkansas. Fourche Mountain salamander
A rural Ozarks scene. Phelps County, Missouri The Saint Francois Mountains, viewed here from Knob Lick Mountain, are the exposed geologic core of the Ozarks.. The Ozarks, also known as the Ozark Mountains, Ozark Highlands or Ozark Plateau, is a physiographic region in the U.S. states of Missouri, Arkansas, and Oklahoma, as well as a small area in the southeastern corner of Kansas. [1]
The climate varies from the semi-tropical in the Mississippi Delta, south Louisiana, and southeast Texas, to the dry Chihuahuan desert in West Texas. [7] [6] [13] A large portion of the northeastern quarter of the region is mountainous, with the Ozark and Ouachita mountains of Arkansas and eastern Oklahoma.
The Black Fork Mountain Wilderness Area is located in the U.S. states of Arkansas and Oklahoma. Created by an act of Congress in 1984, the wilderness covers an area of 13,139 acres (53 km²). The Arkansas portion contains 8,430 acres (34.1 km 2 ) and the Oklahoma portion contains 5,140 acres (20.8 km 2 ).
The area that receives the most rain in the state is the area south of the Ouachita Mountains, which form an orographic effect (commonly known as rain shadow) when storms move north from the Gulf. The Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality (ADEQ) describes Arkansas's water resources by using six ecoregions. Of the six, the Boston Mountain ...