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Area Info
Arkansas is the first state in the U.S. where diamonds were found naturally (near Murfreesboro, Arkansas).
The eastern border of most of Arkansas is the Mississippi River, except in Clay and Greene counties where the St. Francis River forms the western boundary of the Missouri Bootheel. Arkansas shares its southern border with Louisiana, its northern border with Missouri, its eastern border with Tennessee and Mississippi, and its western border with Texas and Oklahoma.
Arkansas is a land of mountains and valleys, thick forests and fertile plains. Northwest Arkansas is part of the Ozark Plateau including the Boston Mountains, to the south are the Ouachita Mountains and these regions are divided by the Arkansas River; the southern and eastern parts of Arkansas are called the Lowlands.
The so-called Lowlands are better known as the Delta and the Grand Prairie. The land along the Mississippi River is referred to as the “Delta” of Arkansas. It gets this name from the formation of its rich alluvial soils formed from the flooding of the mighty Mississippi. The Grand Prairie is slightly away from the Mississippi River in the southeast portion of the state and consists of a more undulating landscape. Both are fertile agricultural areas and home to much of the crop agriculture in the state.
The Delta region is bisected by an unusual geological formation known as Crowley’s Ridge. A narrow band of rolling hills, Crowley’s Ridge rises from 250 to 500 feet above the surrounding alluvial plain.
Buffalo National River, one of many attractions that give the state’s nickname The Natural State.
Arkansas is home to many caves, such as Blanchard Springs Caverns.
Articles
News from the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
Judge: 3 teens can join suit on Ark. foster ban
Mar 16, 2010 7:46 pm
A Pulaski County judge says three teenagers in state care can join a lawsuit challenging Arkansas ban on unmarried couples fostering or adopting children.
Growing Pains producer sentenced for child porn
Mar 16, 2010 6:58 pm
An executive producer for the 1980s sit-com, Growing Pains, has been sentenced to 7 1/2 years in prison on one count of distribution of child pornography.
Stay still in place for Jones execution
Mar 16, 2010 5:22 pm
Gov. Mike Beebe halted preparations for the planned execution of a convicted murderer and rapist Tuesday after a federal appeals court declined to lift a stay that was issued as the death-row inmate c...
Woman killed, child hurt in Conway wreck
Mar 16, 2010 12:27 pm
A driver was killed and a child was hurt Monday in a wreck on Highway 64 in Conway.
State appliance rebate out of the gate
Mar 16, 2010 9:45 am
The governments latest weapons against the recession are refrigerators, washing machines and water heaters.
Judge: Give attorneys address of clients wife
Mar 16, 2010 8:41 am
The judge overseeing the capital murder trial of Gary Dunn, who is accused of killing Nona Dirksmeyer, ruled Monday that his attorneys have a right to know where Dunns wife lives.
Beebe: Center will get shaking
Mar 16, 2010 8:28 am
Gov. Mike Beebe said Monday that hes lowering the boom and taking action to fix problems at the Alexander Human Development Center.
PB vote to reinstate police chief fails by 1
Mar 16, 2010 7:50 am
The Pine Bluff City Council failed by one vote Monday to reinstate former Police Chief John Howell, despite pressure from residents who crowded City Hall in his support.
Challenge to adoption law back in court
Mar 16, 2010 7:50 am
A challenge to the voter approved law that bars unmarried couples from adopting or fostering children returns to the Pulaski County Courthouse today for the first time in a year.
Mar 16, 2010 7:50 am
A pair of 19-year-old vandals promised a Pulaski County circuit judge that theyve put their BB-gun-toting ways behind them after admitting to shooting out more than $26,000 worth of glass at buildings...
