Arkansas is a state of the south-west of the United States, with capital in the city of Little Rock. It borders the Mississippi River, and the states of Missouri, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Louisiana, Texas, and Mississippi.
The name of the state derives from the word kansas (the term by which the Algonquian Indians designated the Quapaw Indians), as the French pronounced it in the seventeenth century. The diverse geography of the state comes from the mountainous regions of the Ozark and Ouachita Mountains, which make up the uplands of the interior of the USA. To the heavily forested land in the south known as the Arkansas Timberlands, to the eastern lowlands along the Mississippi River and the Arkansas Delta. Known as the "natural state," the various regions of Arkansas offer residents and tourists a variety of outdoor recreation opportunities.
Arkansas State Map
The first signs of human population in Arkansas date from 10,000 years before our era, with the remains found in the plateau of Ozark and in the bank of the White river; Also vestiges of groups related with the Toltecs, to the southeast of the city of Little Rock have been located.
The lands of the present state of Arkansas have been inhabited by the tribes quapaw, caddo, osage, choctaw and chickasaw. The Cherokees residing in Arkansas were originally from Mississippi, where they were expelled by the federal authorities and assigned to reserves in this territory in the early nineteenth century.
From the geomorphological point of view, the territory of Arkansas can be divided into two great natural regions: the western highlands, which cover the Ouchita region and the Ozark plateau; And the lowlands, which encompass the Mississippi alluvial plain and the coastal plain of the Gulf of Mexico. To the northwest of this plain rises the Crowley mountain range, a formation of loes (wind sediments) that forms a 'mountain range' of 150 meters of average height and 20 kilometers of width. The coastal plain of the Gulf of Mexico begins south of Little Rock and rises almost imperceptibly until it reaches an average height of 90 meters. Much of the agricultural wealth of Arkansas is located in this coastal plain, rich in pastures.
The highlands, Ouchita and the Ozark plateau, contrast with the rest of the territory described above, being a unit that rises 850 meters above sea level. The highest point in the state, Mount Magazine (860 m), is in this area. The highlands are a forested region with scarce and dispersed populations. On the Ozark Plateau, an eroded plateau located north of the Arkansas Valley stands the Boston Mountains, 600-m high hills that wind erosion has divided into staggered sections and then formed steep surfaces.
The Mississippi River, which marks the eastern border of the state, is the main catcher of the waters of most of the river flows that drain Arkansas territory: the Little Red, Ouchita, Arkansas, and Saint Francis rivers. It also has numerous lakes, most of them engineering works built in the northern region from 1940.
Arkansas's climate is mild, as the south winds prevent over-cold winters, although in the southern zone temperatures are significantly higher than in the north (where temperatures have occasionally been below -17 ° C ). Thus, the average winter temperatures are 2 ° C, and 27 ° C in summer. Average annual precipitation (rarely in the form of snow) is around 1,200 mm, concentrated between May and December, as summer storms are scarce and autumn is generally a dry season, which greatly benefits Agricultural activities.
Comments
Post a Comment