Ozarks
| Ozarks | |
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| Ozark Highlands; Ozark Mountains; Ozark Plateaus | |
View of the Ozarks from the Buffalo National River, Newton County, Arkansas | |
| Highest point | |
| Peak | Buffalo Lookout |
| Elevation | 2,561 ft (781 m) |
| Coordinates | 37°10′N 92°30′W / 37.167°N 92.500°W / 37.167; -92.500 |
| Geography | |
| Country | United States |
| Region | Arkansas Kansas Missouri Oklahoma |
| Geology | |
| Age of rock | Paleozoic to Proterozoic |
The Ozarks, also called the Ozark Mountains and Ozark Plateau, are a physiographic, geologic, and cultural highland region of the central United States. It covers much of the southern half of Missouri and a large portion of northwestern and north-central Arkansas. The region also goes westward into northeastern Oklahoma and extreme southeastrn Kansas.
The name comes from the French Aux Arcs. The name means "with bows" and was given by an early French explorer to the Bow Indians (Quapaw),[1] who were native to the area that later became Arkansas.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Ozark-St. Francis National Forest; Forest Information". United States Department of Agriculture, Forest Service. 2014. Retrieved 19 May 2014.
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