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The two highest points in the state are Taum Sauk Mountain at 1,772 ft (540 m) in the St. Francois Mountains in Iron County and Lead Hill just east of the community of Cedar Gap at 1,744 ft (532 m) in the southwestern corner of Wright County. Few localities have an elevation exceeding 1,400 ft (430 m).
The 9 highest summits of Missouri with at least 100 meters of topographic prominence; Rank Mountain peak County Mountain range Elevation Prominence Isolation Location; 1 Taum Sauk Mountain [1] [a] Iron County: St. Francois Mountains: 540 m 1,772 ft: 156 m 512 ft: 238 km 148.1 mi
Pages in category "Mountain ranges of Missouri" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. C.
Bodies of water of Missouri (5 C) Wetlands of Missouri ... Mississippi embayment (1 C, 9 P) Mountain ranges of Missouri (3 C, 6 P) Mountains of ... Royal Gorge ...
A narrow pass or gorge between mountains or hills. deforestation The natural or human destruction of forests. degree A unit of angular measure, represented by the º symbol. A circle is divided into 360 degrees; subdivisions of the degree include the minute (1 ⁄ 60 of one degree) and the second (1 ⁄ 3600 of one degree).
Bell Mountain Wilderness; Big Hill (Missouri) Bird Hill; Black Mountain (Missouri) Blackjack Hill; Blue Mound (Vernon County, Missouri) Blue Mountain (Missouri) Bobs Knob; Bread Tray Mountain; Brown Mountain (Iron County, Missouri) Brown Mountain (St. Francois County, Missouri) Buck Mountain (Iron County, Missouri) Buck Mountain (Madison County ...
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 following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to the U.S. state of Missouri: Missouri – U.S. state named for the Missouri River, which was named after the Siouan-language tribe. The Smithsonian Bureau of American Ethnology states that Missouri means town of the large canoes.