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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 Current River is roughly 184 miles (296 km) long and drains about 2,641 square miles (6,840 km 2) [4] of land mostly in Missouri and a small portion of land in northeastern Arkansas. The headwaters of the Current River are nearly 900 feet (270 m) above sea level, while the mouth of the river lies around 280 feet (85 m) [ 4 ] above sea level.
White River near Flippin, Arkansas, May 2006. The source of the White River is in the Boston Mountains of northwest Arkansas, in the Ozark–St. Francis National Forest southeast of Fayetteville. The river flows northwards from its source to loop through southwest Missouri before heading southeast through Arkansas to its mouth on the ...
The Springfield Plateau is the only Ozark Highland Level IV ecoregion within all four states. [1] The nearly level to rolling Springfield Plateau is underlain by cherty limestone of the Mississippian Boone Formation and Burlington Limestone; it is less rugged and wooded than Ecoregions 38, 39b, and 39c, and lacks the Ordovician dolomite and limestone of Ecoregions 39c and 39d.
Carter County, Missouri: 470 cu ft (13 m 3) [2] 2 Greer Spring: Oregon County, Missouri: 360 cu ft (10 m 3) [3] 3 Mammoth Spring: Fulton County, Arkansas: 347 cu ft (9.8 m 3) [4] 4 Bennett Spring: Dallas County, Missouri: 185 cu ft (5.2 m 3) [5] 5 Double Spring: Ozark County, Missouri: 154.7 cu ft (4.38 m 3) [6] 6 Maramec Spring: Phelps County ...
The Lake of the Ozarks is located on the Ozark Plateau, with Bagnell Dam lying at an elevation of 659 feet (201 m) above sea level. [6] [17] It lies in central Missouri on the Salem Plateau of the Ozarks. [18] The lake extends across four Missouri counties, from Benton County in the west through Camden and Morgan Counties to Miller County in ...
Notable cities and towns in the area are Tulsa and Miami, Oklahoma; Pittsburg, Kansas; Joplin, Springfield, and Monett, Missouri; and Fayetteville, Springdale, Rogers, and Bentonville, Arkansas. The area is partially in the Ozarks. Oil and gas production and coal mining were and continue to be a large part of the region's industry.
Ozark Mountains – Ozark is the anglicized form of the French "aux arcs", an abbreviation of "Aux Arkansas", which means in the county of Arkansas: 8,970: 747 sq mi (1,935 km 2) Pemiscot County: 155: Caruthersville: 1851: New Madrid County: An American Indian word meaning "liquid mud" 14,613: 493 sq mi (1,277 km 2) Perry County: 157 ...