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class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Mountain range in Arkansas and Oklahoma, United States</div> <p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme) div:not(.notheme){background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media(min-width:640px){body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output 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location">35.167016203°N 93.644725919°W</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">35.167016203; -93.644725919</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #E7DCC3;">Naming</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Etymology" title="Etymology">Etymology</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Choctaw_language" title="Choctaw language">Choctaw</a> for "large bison"<sup id="cite_ref-ety2_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ety2-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> or "big hunt",<sup id="cite_ref-ety2_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ety2-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> or <a href="/wiki/Caddo_language" title="Caddo language">Caddo</a><sup id="cite_ref-EOHC_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-EOHC-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #E7DCC3;">Geography</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><div style="padding:0.2em 0.2em 0.5em 0.2em;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Arkansas_Valley_ecoregion,_Level_III.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/14/Arkansas_Valley_ecoregion%2C_Level_III.png" decoding="async" width="272" height="170" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="203" data-file-height="127" /></a></span><div>Level III ecoregions in the region, with the Ouachita Mountains ecoregion marked as (36) (<a href="/wiki/File:Level_III_ecoregions,_United_States.png" title="File:Level III ecoregions, United States.png">full map</a>)</div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Country</th><td class="infobox-data label">United States</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">State(s)</th><td class="infobox-data label"><a href="/wiki/Arkansas" title="Arkansas">Arkansas</a> and <a href="/wiki/Oklahoma" title="Oklahoma">Oklahoma</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Mountain_range" title="Mountain range"><span class="nowrap">Parent range</span></a></th><td class="infobox-data category"><a href="/wiki/U.S._Interior_Highlands" title="U.S. Interior Highlands">U.S. Interior Highlands</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Borders on</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Arkansas_Valley_(ecoregion)" title="Arkansas Valley (ecoregion)">Arkansas Valley (37)</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mississippi_Alluvial_Plain_(ecoregion)" title="Mississippi Alluvial Plain (ecoregion)">Mississippi Alluvial Plain (73)</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=South_Central_Plains_(ecoregion)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="South Central Plains (ecoregion) (page does not exist)">South Central Plains (35)</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>Ouachita Mountains</b> (<span class="rt-commentedText nowrap"><span class="IPA nopopups noexcerpt" lang="en-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/English" title="Help:IPA/English">/<span style="border-bottom:1px dotted"><span title="/ˈ/: primary stress follows">ˈ</span><span title="'w' in 'wind'">w</span><span title="/ɒ/: 'o' in 'body'">ɒ</span><span title="/ʃ/: 'sh' in 'shy'">ʃ</span><span title="/ɪ/: 'i' in 'kit'">ɪ</span><span title="'t' in 'tie'">t</span><span title="/ɔː/: 'au' in 'fraud'">ɔː</span></span>/</a></span></span>), simply referred to as the <b>Ouachitas</b>, are a <a href="/wiki/Mountain_range" title="Mountain range">mountain range</a> in western <a href="/wiki/Arkansas" title="Arkansas">Arkansas</a> and southeastern <a href="/wiki/Oklahoma" title="Oklahoma">Oklahoma</a>. They are formed by a thick succession of highly deformed <a href="/wiki/Paleozoic" title="Paleozoic">Paleozoic</a> strata constituting the Ouachita Fold and Thrust Belt, one of the important <a href="/wiki/Orogeny" title="Orogeny">orogenic belts</a> of <a href="/wiki/North_America" title="North America">North America</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Geologic_History_of_the_Ouachita_Mountains_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Geologic_History_of_the_Ouachita_Mountains-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Ouachitas continue in the subsurface to the northeast, where they make a poorly understood connection with the <a href="/wiki/Appalachian_Mountains" title="Appalachian Mountains">Appalachians</a> and to the southwest, where they join with the <a href="/wiki/Marathon_Uplift" title="Marathon Uplift">Marathon uplift</a> area of <a href="/wiki/West_Texas" title="West Texas">West Texas</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Geologic_History_of_the_Ouachita_Mountains_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Geologic_History_of_the_Ouachita_Mountains-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Together with the <a href="/wiki/Ozark_Plateaus" class="mw-redirect" title="Ozark Plateaus">Ozark Plateaus</a>, the Ouachitas form the <a href="/wiki/U.S._Interior_Highlands" title="U.S. Interior Highlands">U.S. Interior Highlands</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-A_Tapestry_of_Time_and_Terrain_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-A_Tapestry_of_Time_and_Terrain-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The highest natural point is <a href="/wiki/Mount_Magazine" title="Mount Magazine">Mount Magazine</a> at 2,753 feet (839 m).<sup id="cite_ref-EOHC_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-EOHC-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Ouachita Mountains is a <a href="/wiki/List_of_ecoregions_in_the_United_States_(EPA)" title="List of ecoregions in the United States (EPA)">Level III ecoregion</a> designated by the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Environmental_Protection_Agency" title="United States Environmental Protection Agency">Environmental Protection Agency</a> (EPA). The region has been subdivided into six <a href="/wiki/List_of_ecoregions_in_the_United_States_(EPA)" title="List of ecoregions in the United States (EPA)">Level IV ecoregions</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-ark4_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ark4-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-ok4_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ok4-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Etymology">Etymology</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ouachita_Mountains&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Etymology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Louis R. Harlan claimed that "Ouachita" is composed of the <a href="/wiki/Choctaw_language" title="Choctaw language">Choctaw</a> words <i>ouac</i> for "bison" and <i>chito</i> for "large", together meaning "country of large bison". At one time, herds of <a href="/wiki/American_bison" title="American bison">bison</a> inhabited the lowland areas of the Ouachitas.<sup id="cite_ref-ety1_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ety1-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Historian <a href="/wiki/Muriel_Hazel_Wright" title="Muriel Hazel Wright">Muriel H. Wright</a> wrote that "Ouachita" is composed of the <a href="/wiki/Choctaw_language" title="Choctaw language">Choctaw</a> words <i>owa</i> for "hunt" and <i>chito</i> for "big", together meaning "big hunt far from home".<sup id="cite_ref-ety2_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ety2-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> According to the article <i>Ouachita</i> in the <i><a href="/wiki/Encyclopedia_of_Oklahoma_History_and_Culture" class="mw-redirect" title="Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture">Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture</a></i>, "Ouachita" comes from the French spelling of the <a href="/wiki/Caddo_language" title="Caddo language">Caddo</a> word <i>washita</i>, meaning "good hunting grounds".<sup id="cite_ref-EOHC_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-EOHC-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Geography">Geography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ouachita_Mountains&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Geography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Ouachita_Autumn_.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Ouachita Flora" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Ouachita_Autumn_.jpg/220px-Ouachita_Autumn_.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Ouachita_Autumn_.jpg/330px-Ouachita_Autumn_.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Ouachita_Autumn_.jpg/440px-Ouachita_Autumn_.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2048" data-file-height="1536" /></a><figcaption>The Ouachita National Forest during the fall</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Ouachita_Mountains_Counties_Map.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Ouachita_Mountains_Counties_Map.png/220px-Ouachita_Mountains_Counties_Map.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="139" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Ouachita_Mountains_Counties_Map.png/330px-Ouachita_Mountains_Counties_Map.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Ouachita_Mountains_Counties_Map.png/440px-Ouachita_Mountains_Counties_Map.png 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="811" /></a><figcaption>A map of the Ouachita mountains within the states of Arkansas and Oklahoma.</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Ouachita_Mountains_topographic_v1.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/14/Ouachita_Mountains_topographic_v1.svg/220px-Ouachita_Mountains_topographic_v1.svg.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="103" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/14/Ouachita_Mountains_topographic_v1.svg/330px-Ouachita_Mountains_topographic_v1.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/14/Ouachita_Mountains_topographic_v1.svg/440px-Ouachita_Mountains_topographic_v1.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1535" data-file-height="721" /></a><figcaption>Topographic map of the Ouachita Mountains</figcaption></figure> <p>The Ouachitas are a major physiographic province of <a href="/wiki/Arkansas" title="Arkansas">Arkansas</a> and <a href="/wiki/Oklahoma" title="Oklahoma">Oklahoma</a> and are generally grouped with the <a href="/wiki/Arkansas_River_Valley" title="Arkansas River Valley">Arkansas River Valley</a>. Together with the <a href="/wiki/Ozark_Plateaus" class="mw-redirect" title="Ozark Plateaus">Ozark Plateaus</a>, the Ouachitas form the <a href="/wiki/U.S._Interior_Highlands" title="U.S. Interior Highlands">U.S. Interior Highlands</a>, one of few mountainous regions between the <a href="/wiki/Appalachian_Mountains" title="Appalachian Mountains">Appalachians</a> and <a href="/wiki/Rocky_Mountains" title="Rocky Mountains">Rockies</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-A_Tapestry_of_Time_and_Terrain_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-A_Tapestry_of_Time_and_Terrain-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Flora">Flora</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ouachita_Mountains&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Flora"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Ouachitas are dominated by pine, oak, and hickory.<sup id="cite_ref-Trees_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Trees-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The shortleaf pine (<i><a href="/wiki/Pinus_echinata" title="Pinus echinata">Pinus echinata</a></i>) and post oak (<i><a href="/wiki/Quercus_stellata" title="Quercus stellata">Quercus stellata</a></i>) thrive in dry, nutrient-poor soil and are common in upland areas. The maple-leaf oak (<i><a href="/wiki/Quercus_acerifolia" title="Quercus acerifolia">Quercus acerifolia</a></i>) is found at only four sites worldwide, all of which are in the Ouachitas.<sup id="cite_ref-Trees_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Trees-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Some native tree species, such as the eastern red-cedar (<i><a href="/wiki/Juniperus_virginiana" title="Juniperus virginiana">Juniperus virginiana</a></i>), are colonizers of human-disturbed sites.<sup id="cite_ref-Trees_9-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Trees-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Ouachita_National_Forest" title="Ouachita National Forest">Ouachita National Forest</a> covers approximately 1.8 million acres of the Ouachitas.<sup id="cite_ref-Ouachita_National_Forest_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ouachita_National_Forest-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is one of the largest and oldest national forests in the <a href="/wiki/Southern_United_States" title="Southern United States">Southern U.S.</a>, created through an executive order by President <a href="/wiki/Theodore_Roosevelt" title="Theodore Roosevelt">Theodore Roosevelt</a> on December 18, 1907.<sup id="cite_ref-Ouachita_National_Forest_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ouachita_National_Forest-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> There are six wilderness areas within the <a href="/wiki/Ouachita_National_Forest" title="Ouachita National Forest">Ouachita National Forest</a>, which are protected areas designed to minimize the impacts of human activities.<sup id="cite_ref-Wilderness_Areas_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Wilderness_Areas-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Several plants are <a href="/wiki/Endemism" title="Endemism">endemic</a> to the Ouachitas, including: <i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Agalinis_nuttallii&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Agalinis nuttallii (page does not exist)">Agalinis nuttallii</a></i>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Cardamine_angustata_var._ouachitana&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Cardamine angustata var. ouachitana (page does not exist)"><i>Cardamine angustata</i> var. <i>ouachitana</i></a>, <i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Carex_latebracteata&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Carex latebracteata (page does not exist)">Carex latebracteata</a></i>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Galium_arkansanum_var._pubifolium&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Galium arkansanum var. pubifolium (page does not exist)"><i>Galium arkansanum</i> var. <i>pubifolium</i></a>, <i><a href="/wiki/Houstonia_ouachitana" title="Houstonia ouachitana">Houstonia ouachitana</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Hydrophyllum_brownei" title="Hydrophyllum brownei">Hydrophyllum brownei</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Liatris_compacta" title="Liatris compacta">Liatris compacta</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Quercus_acerifolia" title="Quercus acerifolia">Quercus acerifolia</a></i>, <i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Polymnia_cossatotensis&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Polymnia cossatotensis (page does not exist)">Polymnia cossatotensis</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Solidago_ouachitensis" title="Solidago ouachitensis">Solidago ouachitensis</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Spiranthes_niklasii" title="Spiranthes niklasii">Spiranthes niklasii</a></i> (near endemic, also found on <a href="/wiki/Crowley%27s_Ridge" title="Crowley's Ridge">Crowley's Ridge</a>), <a href="/w/index.php?title=Streptanthus_maculatus_subsp._obtusifolius&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Streptanthus maculatus subsp. obtusifolius (page does not exist)"><i>Streptanthus maculatus</i> subsp. <i>obtusifolius</i></a>, <i><a href="/wiki/Streptanthus_squamiformis" title="Streptanthus squamiformis">Streptanthus squamiformis</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Valerianella_palmeri" class="mw-redirect" title="Valerianella palmeri">Valerianella palmerii</a></i>, and <i><a href="/wiki/Vernonia_lettermannii" title="Vernonia lettermannii">Vernonia lettermanii</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Fauna">Fauna</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ouachita_Mountains&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Fauna"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Bison" title="Bison">Bison</a> and <a href="/wiki/Elk" title="Elk">elk</a> once found habitat in the Ouachita Mountains, but have since been extirpated. Today, there are large populations of <a href="/wiki/White-tailed_deer" title="White-tailed deer">white-tailed deer</a>, <a href="/wiki/Coyote" title="Coyote">coyote</a>, and other common temperate forest animals. Though elusive, hundreds of <a href="/wiki/American_black_bear" title="American black bear">black bear</a> roam the Ouachitas. Several <a href="/wiki/Species_complex" title="Species complex">cryptic species</a> of <a href="/wiki/Salamander" title="Salamander">salamander</a> are endemic to the Ouachitas and have traits that vary from one locale to another.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Subranges">Subranges</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ouachita_Mountains&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Subranges"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Athens_Plateau">Athens Plateau</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ouachita_Mountains&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Athens Plateau"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <b>Athens Plateau</b> or <b>Athens Piedmont</b> (EPA Level IV ecoregion 36a) consists of a series of low relief ridges, none exceeding 1,000 feet (300 m). It is located south of the Ouachitas and extends to the Arkansas-Oklahoma border. The Athens Piedmont runs from <a href="/wiki/Arkadelphia,_Arkansas" title="Arkadelphia, Arkansas">Arkadelphia, Arkansas</a> into Oklahoma through <a href="/wiki/Clark_County,_Arkansas" title="Clark County, Arkansas">Clark</a>, <a href="/wiki/Howard_County,_Arkansas" title="Howard County, Arkansas">Howard</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pike_County,_Arkansas" title="Pike County, Arkansas">Pike</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Sevier_County,_Arkansas" title="Sevier County, Arkansas">Sevier</a> counties in Arkansas and <a href="/wiki/McCurtain_County,_Oklahoma" title="McCurtain County, Oklahoma">McCurtain County</a> in Oklahoma. The ecoregion's low ridges and hills are widely underlain by <a href="/wiki/Mississippian_(geology)" title="Mississippian (geology)">Mississippian</a> <a href="/wiki/Stanley_Shale" title="Stanley Shale">Stanley Shale</a> in contrast to other parts of the Ouachitas.<sup id="cite_ref-ok4_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ok4-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Today, pine plantations are widespread; they are far more extensive than in the more rugged parts of the Arkansas Ouachitas. Pastureland and hayland also occur. Cattle and broiler chickens are important farm products.<sup id="cite_ref-ark4_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ark4-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <b>Caddo</b>, <b>Cossatot</b>, and <b>Missouri</b> mountains are a high, compact group of mountains composed of the weather-resistant Arkansas Novaculite. They are located primarily in <a href="/wiki/Montgomery_County,_Arkansas" title="Montgomery County, Arkansas">Montgomery</a> and <a href="/wiki/Polk_County,_Arkansas" title="Polk County, Arkansas">Polk</a> counties, Arkansas. The highest natural point is Raspberry Mountain at 2,358 feet (719 m). The headwaters of multiple rivers are found in this area, including the <a href="/wiki/Caddo_River" title="Caddo River">Caddo</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cossatot_River" title="Cossatot River">Cossatot</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Little_Missouri_River_(Arkansas)" title="Little Missouri River (Arkansas)">Little Missouri</a> rivers. </p><p>The <b>Cross Mountains</b> are located in <a href="/wiki/Polk_County,_Arkansas" title="Polk County, Arkansas">Polk</a> and <a href="/wiki/Sevier_County,_Arkansas" title="Sevier County, Arkansas">Sevier</a> counties, Arkansas and <a href="/wiki/McCurtain_County,_Oklahoma" title="McCurtain County, Oklahoma">McCurtain County, Oklahoma</a>. The highest natural point is Whiskey Peak at 1,670 feet (510 m). </p><p>The <b>Crystal Mountains</b> are located primarily in <a href="/wiki/Montgomery_County,_Arkansas" title="Montgomery County, Arkansas">Montgomery County, Arkansas</a>. They are so named because of the occurrence of some of the world's finest <a href="/wiki/Quartz" title="Quartz">quartz</a>. The Crystal Mountains are generally taller than the nearby Zig Zag Mountains, achieving elevations over 1,800 feet (550 m). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Fourche_Mountains">Fourche Mountains</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ouachita_Mountains&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Fourche Mountains"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <b>Fourche Mountains</b> (EPA Level IV ecoregion 36d) are a long, continuous chain of east-west mountains composed of the weather-resistant <a href="/wiki/Jackfork_Sandstone" title="Jackfork Sandstone">Jackfork Sandstone</a>. They extend from <a href="/wiki/Pulaski_County,_Arkansas" title="Pulaski County, Arkansas">Pulaski County, Arkansas</a> to <a href="/wiki/Atoka_County,_Oklahoma" title="Atoka County, Oklahoma">Atoka County, Oklahoma</a> and are home to several popular sites of interest, including <a href="/wiki/Pinnacle_Mountain_State_Park" title="Pinnacle Mountain State Park">Pinnacle Mountain State Park</a> near <a href="/wiki/Little_Rock,_Arkansas" title="Little Rock, Arkansas">Little Rock, Arkansas</a>. The highest natural point is <a href="/wiki/Rich_Mountain_(Arkansas-Oklahoma)" class="mw-redirect" title="Rich Mountain (Arkansas-Oklahoma)">Rich Mountain</a> at 2,681 feet (817 m), which intersects the Arkansas-Oklahoma border near <a href="/wiki/Mena,_Arkansas" title="Mena, Arkansas">Mena, Arkansas</a>. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Plethodon_fourchensis.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3f/Plethodon_fourchensis.jpg/220px-Plethodon_fourchensis.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="152" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3f/Plethodon_fourchensis.jpg/330px-Plethodon_fourchensis.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3f/Plethodon_fourchensis.jpg/440px-Plethodon_fourchensis.jpg 2x" data-file-width="684" data-file-height="472" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Fourche_Mountain_salamander" title="Fourche Mountain salamander">Fourche Mountain salamander</a></figcaption></figure> <p>The Fourche Mountains are the archetypal Ouachita Mountains. Forested ridges are heavily forested with oak–hickory–pine forest; intervening valleys are cut into shale. Ridges are longer, habitat continuity is greater, the lithologic mosaic is different, and the topographic orientation is more consistent than in other parts of the Ouachitas. Differences in moisture and temperature between north- and south-facing slopes significantly influence native plant communities; they are products of the prevailing topographic trend.<sup id="cite_ref-ark4_6-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ark4-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Forests on steep, north-facing slopes are more <a href="/wiki/Mesic_habitat" title="Mesic habitat">mesic</a> than on southern aspects; the steepest, south-facing slopes contain shallow, moisture deficient soils supporting shrubs and rocky glades or grassy woodlands.<sup id="cite_ref-ok4_7-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ok4-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Pastureland and hayland are restricted to a few broad valleys. Logging is not nearly as intensive as in the commercial pine plantations of the less rugged Athens Plateau. Nutrient, mineral, and biochemical water quality parameter concentrations are low in the surface waters of the Fourche range, but <a href="/wiki/Turbidity" title="Turbidity">turbidity</a> can be higher than in other mountainous parts of the Ouachitas.<sup id="cite_ref-ark4_6-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ark4-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Although most streams stop flowing during the driest part of the summer, enduring deep pools, high quality habitat, and good water quality allow sensitive aquatic species to survive through the summer.<sup id="cite_ref-ok4_7-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ok4-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They are the only home and namesake of the <a href="/wiki/Fourche_Mountain_salamander" title="Fourche Mountain salamander">Fourche Mountain salamander</a>. </p><p>The Fourche Mountains form a major watershed divide between the Arkansas River Basin to the north and the Red River Basin to the south. </p><p>The <b>Frontal Ouachita Mountains</b> are located in the <a href="/wiki/Arkansas_River_Valley" title="Arkansas River Valley">Arkansas River Valley</a> and feature a number of isolated landforms. The highest natural point is <a href="/wiki/Mount_Magazine" title="Mount Magazine">Mount Magazine</a> at 2,753 feet (839 m), which is also the highest natural point of the Ouachitas and <a href="/wiki/U.S._Interior_Highlands" title="U.S. Interior Highlands">U.S. Interior Highlands</a>. The Frontal Ouachita Mountains are structurally quite different from the rest of the Ouachitas and are sometimes considered a separate range. </p><p>The <b>Trap Mountains</b> are located primarily in <a href="/wiki/Garland_County,_Arkansas" title="Garland County, Arkansas">Garland</a> and <a href="/wiki/Hot_Spring_County,_Arkansas" title="Hot Spring County, Arkansas">Hot Spring</a> counties, <a href="/wiki/Arkansas" title="Arkansas">Arkansas</a>. The highest natural point is Trap Mountain at 1,310 feet (400 m). </p><p>The <b>Zig Zag Mountains</b> are located in <a href="/wiki/Garland_County,_Arkansas" title="Garland County, Arkansas">Garland County, Arkansas</a>, and are home to the thermal springs of <a href="/wiki/Hot_Springs_National_Park" title="Hot Springs National Park">Hot Springs National Park</a>. They are so named because of their unique chevron shape when viewed from above, the result of plunging <a href="/wiki/Anticline" title="Anticline">anticlines</a> and <a href="/wiki/Syncline" title="Syncline">synclines</a>. The Zig Zag Mountains are not exceptionally tall, but do reach heights over 1,400 feet (430 m). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Geology">Geology</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ouachita_Mountains&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Geology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Ouachita_Mountains_rock_outcrop.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/Ouachita_Mountains_rock_outcrop.jpg/220px-Ouachita_Mountains_rock_outcrop.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/Ouachita_Mountains_rock_outcrop.jpg/330px-Ouachita_Mountains_rock_outcrop.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/Ouachita_Mountains_rock_outcrop.jpg/440px-Ouachita_Mountains_rock_outcrop.jpg 2x" data-file-width="920" data-file-height="690" /></a><figcaption>Vertical strata in the eastern Ouachitas</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:WLA_hmns_Quartz_Arkansas.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/WLA_hmns_Quartz_Arkansas.jpg/220px-WLA_hmns_Quartz_Arkansas.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/WLA_hmns_Quartz_Arkansas.jpg/330px-WLA_hmns_Quartz_Arkansas.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/WLA_hmns_Quartz_Arkansas.jpg/440px-WLA_hmns_Quartz_Arkansas.jpg 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="675" /></a><figcaption>Cluster of Arkansas quartz crystals from the Ouachita Mountains</figcaption></figure> <p>The Ouachitas are formed by a thick succession of highly deformed <a href="/wiki/Paleozoic" title="Paleozoic">Paleozoic</a> strata constituting the Ouachita Fold and Thrust Belt, which crops out for approximately 220 miles (350 km) in western <a href="/wiki/Arkansas" title="Arkansas">Arkansas</a> and southeastern <a href="/wiki/Oklahoma" title="Oklahoma">Oklahoma</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Geologic_History_of_the_Ouachita_Mountains_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Geologic_History_of_the_Ouachita_Mountains-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In a general sense, the Ouachitas are considered an anticlinorium because the oldest known rocks are located towards the center of the outcrop area.<sup id="cite_ref-Stratigraphic_Summary_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Stratigraphic_Summary-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Ouachitas continue in the subsurface to the <a href="/wiki/Black_Warrior_Basin" title="Black Warrior Basin">Black Warrior Basin</a> of <a href="/wiki/Alabama" title="Alabama">Alabama</a> and <a href="/wiki/Mississippi" title="Mississippi">Mississippi</a> where they plunge towards the <a href="/wiki/Appalachian_Mountains" title="Appalachian Mountains">Appalachian Mountains</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> To the southwest, the Ouachitas join with the Marathon area of west <a href="/wiki/Texas" title="Texas">Texas</a> where rocks of the Ouachita Fold and Thrust Belt are briefly exposed.<sup id="cite_ref-Geologic_History_of_the_Ouachita_Mountains_3-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Geologic_History_of_the_Ouachita_Mountains-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Unlike many ranges in the <a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a>, the Ouachitas are mostly east-west trending. They are unique because <a href="/wiki/Metamorphism" title="Metamorphism">metamorphism</a> and <a href="/wiki/Volcanism" title="Volcanism">volcanism</a>, features that are common in orogenic belts, are notably absent (with the exception of some low-grade <a href="/wiki/Metamorphism" title="Metamorphism">metamorphism</a>). Due to the high degree of folding and faulting, the Ouachitas are clustered into distinct subranges, with ridges separated by relatively broad valleys. </p><p>The Ouachitas are known for some of the world's finest <a href="/wiki/Quartz" title="Quartz">quartz</a>, especially around <a href="/wiki/Mount_Ida,_Arkansas" title="Mount Ida, Arkansas">Mount Ida, Arkansas</a>, the quartz capital of the world.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The quartz formed after the <a href="/wiki/Ouachita_Orogeny" class="mw-redirect" title="Ouachita Orogeny">Ouachita Orogeny</a> when fractures in rocks filled with silica-saturated fluids and, over millions of years, precipitated crystals up to several feet in length. The Ouachitas are also known for <a href="/wiki/Novaculite" title="Novaculite">novaculite</a>, a variety of <a href="/wiki/Chert" title="Chert">chert</a> that has undergone low-grade <a href="/wiki/Metamorphism" title="Metamorphism">metamorphism</a>; particular grades found only in <a href="/wiki/Arkansas" title="Arkansas">Arkansas</a> are used for making <a href="/wiki/Sharpening_stone" title="Sharpening stone">whetstones</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="History">History</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ouachita_Mountains&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Cambrian" title="Cambrian">Cambrian</a> through <a href="/wiki/Mississippian_(geology)" title="Mississippian (geology)">Mississippian</a> strata of the Ouachitas were deposited in a narrow, two-sided basin called the Ouachita Trough, which formed as part of a <a href="/wiki/Cambrian" title="Cambrian">Cambrian</a> failed rift system.<sup id="cite_ref-Geologic_History_of_the_Ouachita_Mountains_3-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Geologic_History_of_the_Ouachita_Mountains-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Cambrian_Failed_Rift_System_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Cambrian_Failed_Rift_System-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Succeeding <a href="/wiki/Pennsylvanian_(geology)" title="Pennsylvanian (geology)">Pennsylvanian</a> strata of the Ouachitas were deposited in a <a href="/wiki/Foreland_basin" title="Foreland basin">foreland basin</a> during the early stages of the <a href="/wiki/Ouachita_Orogeny" class="mw-redirect" title="Ouachita Orogeny">Ouachita Orogeny</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Pennsylvanian_Jackfork_Group_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Pennsylvanian_Jackfork_Group-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Subduction of the <a href="/wiki/South_American_Plate" class="mw-redirect" title="South American Plate">South American Plate</a> beneath the <a href="/wiki/North_American_Plate" class="mw-redirect" title="North American Plate">North American Plate</a> resulted in this mountain-building event.<sup id="cite_ref-The_Appalachian-Ouachita_Orogen_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-The_Appalachian-Ouachita_Orogen-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Compressional forces caused the crust to buckle, producing complex folds at all scale levels and several overturned sequences.<sup id="cite_ref-Stratigraphic_Summary_14-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Stratigraphic_Summary-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The area of greatest deformation occurred in the Benton-Broken Bow Uplift, which extends from <a href="/wiki/Benton,_Arkansas" title="Benton, Arkansas">Benton, Arkansas</a> to <a href="/wiki/Broken_Bow,_Oklahoma" title="Broken Bow, Oklahoma">Broken Bow, Oklahoma</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Geologic_History_of_the_Ouachita_Mountains_3-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Geologic_History_of_the_Ouachita_Mountains-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The total height of the Ouachitas is not known, though they may have exceeded 10,000 feet (3,000 m) (based loosely on geologic cross-sections).<sup id="cite_ref-Stratigraphic_Summary_14-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Stratigraphic_Summary-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The terrain has been deeply eroded since the late <a href="/wiki/Paleozoic" title="Paleozoic">Paleozoic</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Geologic_History_of_the_Ouachita_Mountains_3-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Geologic_History_of_the_Ouachita_Mountains-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Stratigraphy">Stratigraphy</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ouachita_Mountains&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Stratigraphy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Ouachitas are composed of <a href="/wiki/Cambrian" title="Cambrian">Cambrian</a> through <a href="/wiki/Pennsylvanian_(geology)" title="Pennsylvanian (geology)">Pennsylvanian</a> <a href="/wiki/Sedimentary_rock" title="Sedimentary rock">sedimentary rocks</a>. The Collier Shale, located at the core of the Benton-Broken Bow Uplift, is the oldest exposed formation of the Ouachitas. The <a href="/wiki/Atoka_Formation" title="Atoka Formation">Atoka Formation</a>, which was deposited much later during the <a href="/wiki/Pennsylvanian_(geology)" title="Pennsylvanian (geology)">Pennsylvanian</a>, has the largest areal extent of any of the <a href="/wiki/Paleozoic" title="Paleozoic">Paleozoic</a> formations in <a href="/wiki/Arkansas" title="Arkansas">Arkansas</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Stratigraphic_Summary_14-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Stratigraphic_Summary-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The geologic formations of the Ouachitas are as follows (in order of ascending age). </p> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Formation</th> <th>Period</th> <th>Approximate thickness </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Collier_Shale" title="Collier Shale">Collier Shale</a></td> <td>Late <a href="/wiki/Cambrian" title="Cambrian">Cambrian</a> and Early <a href="/wiki/Ordovician" title="Ordovician">Ordovician</a></td> <td>1,000 feet (300 m) </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Crystal_Mountain_Sandstone" title="Crystal Mountain Sandstone">Crystal Mountain Sandstone</a></td> <td>Early Ordovician</td> <td>850 feet (260 m) </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Mazarn_Shale" title="Mazarn Shale">Mazarn Shale</a></td> <td>Early Ordovician</td> <td>2,500 feet (760 m) </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Blakely_Sandstone" title="Blakely Sandstone">Blakely Sandstone</a></td> <td>Middle Ordovician</td> <td>700 feet (210 m) </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Womble_Shale" title="Womble Shale">Womble Shale</a></td> <td>Middle Ordovician</td> <td>1,200 feet (370 m) </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Bigfork_Chert" title="Bigfork Chert">Bigfork Chert</a></td> <td>Middle and Late Ordovician</td> <td>750 feet (230 m) </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Polk_Creek_Shale" title="Polk Creek Shale">Polk Creek Shale</a></td> <td>Late Ordovician</td> <td>225 feet (69 m) </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Blaylock_Sandstone" title="Blaylock Sandstone">Blaylock Sandstone</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Silurian" title="Silurian">Silurian</a></td> <td>1,200 feet (370 m) </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Missouri_Mountain_Shale" title="Missouri Mountain Shale">Missouri Mountain Shale</a></td> <td>Silurian</td> <td>300 feet (91 m) </td></tr> <tr> <td>Arkansas Novaculite</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Devonian" title="Devonian">Devonian</a> and Early <a href="/wiki/Mississippian_(geology)" title="Mississippian (geology)">Mississippian</a></td> <td>900 feet (270 m) </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Stanley_Shale" title="Stanley Shale">Stanley Shale</a></td> <td>Mississippian</td> <td>10,000 feet (3,000 m) </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Jackfork_Sandstone" title="Jackfork Sandstone">Jackfork Sandstone</a></td> <td>Early <a href="/wiki/Pennsylvanian_(geology)" title="Pennsylvanian (geology)">Pennsylvanian</a></td> <td>6,000 feet (1,800 m) </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Johns_Valley_Formation" title="Johns Valley Formation">Johns Valley Shale</a></td> <td>Early Pennsylvanian</td> <td>1,500 feet (460 m) </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Atoka_Formation" title="Atoka Formation">Atoka Formation</a></td> <td>Early and Middle Pennsylvanian</td> <td>25,000 feet (7,600 m) </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Hartshorne_Formation" title="Hartshorne Formation">Hartshorne Sandstone</a></td> <td>Middle Pennsylvanian</td> <td>300 feet (91 m) </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/McAlester_Formation" title="McAlester Formation">McAlester Formation</a></td> <td>Middle Pennsylvanian</td> <td>2,300 feet (700 m) </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Savanna_Sandstone" title="Savanna Sandstone">Savanna Formation</a></td> <td>Middle Pennsylvanian</td> <td>1,600 feet (490 m) </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Boggy_Formation" title="Boggy Formation">Boggy Formation</a></td> <td>Middle Pennsylvanian</td> <td>1,100 feet (340 m) </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History_2">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ouachita_Mountains&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The mountains were home to the <a href="/wiki/Ouachita_tribe" class="mw-redirect" title="Ouachita tribe">Ouachita tribe</a>, for which they were named. Later French explorers translated the name to its present spelling. The first recorded exploration was in 1541 by <a href="/wiki/Hernando_de_Soto" title="Hernando de Soto">Hernando de Soto</a>. Later, in 1804, <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Jefferson" title="Thomas Jefferson">President Jefferson</a> sent <a href="/wiki/William_Dunbar_(explorer)" title="William Dunbar (explorer)">William Dunbar</a> and Dr. George Hunter to the area after the <a href="/wiki/Louisiana_Purchase" title="Louisiana Purchase">Louisiana Purchase</a>. <a href="/wiki/Hot_Springs_National_Park" title="Hot Springs National Park">Hot Springs National Park</a> became one of the nation's first parks in 1832. The <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Devil%27s_Backbone" title="Battle of Devil's Backbone">Battle of Devil's Backbone</a> was fought here at the ridge of the same name in 1863. In August 1990, the <a href="/wiki/U.S._Forest_Service" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Forest Service">U.S. Forest Service</a> discontinued <a href="/wiki/Clearcutting" title="Clearcutting">clearcutting</a> as the primary tool for harvesting and regenerating short leaf, pine and hardwood forests in the Ouachita National Forest. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Tourism">Tourism</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ouachita_Mountains&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Tourism"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Ouachita Mountains contain the <a href="/wiki/Ouachita_National_Forest" title="Ouachita National Forest">Ouachita National Forest</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hot_Springs_National_Park" title="Hot Springs National Park">Hot Springs National Park</a> and <a href="/wiki/Lake_Ouachita" title="Lake Ouachita">Lake Ouachita</a>, as well as numerous state parks and scenic byways mostly throughout Arkansas. They also contain the <a href="/wiki/Ouachita_National_Recreation_Trail" title="Ouachita National Recreation Trail">Ouachita National Recreation Trail</a>, a 223-mile-long (359 km) hiking trail through the heart of the mountains. The trail runs from Talimena State Park in Oklahoma to <a href="/wiki/Pinnacle_Mountain_State_Park" title="Pinnacle Mountain State Park">Pinnacle Mountain State Park</a> near <a href="/wiki/Little_Rock,_Arkansas" title="Little Rock, Arkansas">Little Rock</a>. It is a well maintained, premier trail for hikers, backpackers, and mountain bikers (for only selected parts of the trail). </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Talimena_Scenic_Drive" title="Talimena Scenic Drive">Talimena Scenic Drive</a> begins at <a href="/wiki/Mena,_Arkansas" title="Mena, Arkansas">Mena</a>, and traverses 54 miles (87 km) of Winding Stair and Rich Mountains, long narrow east-west ridges which extend into Oklahoma. <a href="/wiki/Rich_Mountain_(Arkansas%E2%80%93Oklahoma)" title="Rich Mountain (Arkansas–Oklahoma)">Rich Mountain</a> reaches an elevation of 2,681 feet (817 m) in Arkansas near the Oklahoma border. The two lane winding road is similar in routing, construction, and scenery to the <a href="/wiki/Blue_Ridge_Parkway" title="Blue Ridge Parkway">Blue Ridge Parkway</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Appalachian_Mountains" title="Appalachian Mountains">Appalachian Mountains</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Sites_of_interest">Sites of interest</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ouachita_Mountains&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Sites of interest"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Southfourchelafaveriver_arkansas_001.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Southfourchelafaveriver_arkansas_001.jpg/220px-Southfourchelafaveriver_arkansas_001.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="146" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Southfourchelafaveriver_arkansas_001.jpg/330px-Southfourchelafaveriver_arkansas_001.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Southfourchelafaveriver_arkansas_001.jpg/440px-Southfourchelafaveriver_arkansas_001.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3088" data-file-height="2056" /></a><figcaption>The <a href="/wiki/South_Fourche_La_Fave_River" title="South Fourche La Fave River">South Fourche La Fave River</a>, Ouachita Mountains, Arkansas</figcaption></figure> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Beavers_Bend_State_Park" class="mw-redirect" title="Beavers Bend State Park">Beavers Bend State Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Black_Fork_Mountain_Wilderness" title="Black Fork Mountain Wilderness">Black Fork Mountain Wilderness</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Caney_Creek_Wilderness" title="Caney Creek Wilderness">Caney Creek Wilderness</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cossatot_River_State_Park-Natural_Area" title="Cossatot River State Park-Natural Area">Cossatot River State Park-Natural Area</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Flatside_Wilderness" title="Flatside Wilderness">Flatside Wilderness</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Heavener_Runestone_Park" title="Heavener Runestone Park">Heavener Runestone Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hot_Springs_National_Park" title="Hot Springs National Park">Hot Springs National Park</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jack_Creek_Recreation_Area&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Jack Creek Recreation Area (page does not exist)">Jack Creek Recreation Area</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lake_Catherine_(Arkansas)" class="mw-redirect" title="Lake Catherine (Arkansas)">Lake Catherine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lake_Hamilton,_Arkansas" title="Lake Hamilton, Arkansas">Lake Hamilton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lake_Maumelle" title="Lake Maumelle">Lake Maumelle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lake_Ouachita" title="Lake Ouachita">Lake Ouachita</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mount_Magazine_State_Park" title="Mount Magazine State Park">Mount Magazine State Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pinnacle_Mountain_State_Park" title="Pinnacle Mountain State Park">Pinnacle Mountain State Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Queen_Wilhelmina_State_Park" title="Queen Wilhelmina State Park">Queen Wilhelmina State Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mount_Nebo_(Arkansas)" title="Mount Nebo (Arkansas)">Mount Nebo State Park</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ouachita_Mountains&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style 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title="List of Arkansas state parks">State parks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Arkansas_state_symbols" title="List of Arkansas state symbols">Symbols</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arkansas_Territory" title="Arkansas Territory">Territory</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Tourist_attractions_in_Arkansas" title="Category:Tourist attractions in Arkansas">Tourist attractions</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Arkansas_townships" title="List of Arkansas townships">Townships</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Transportation_in_Arkansas" class="mw-redirect" title="Transportation in Arkansas">Transportation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Water_in_Arkansas" title="Water in Arkansas">Water</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Society</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Abortion_in_Arkansas" title="Abortion in Arkansas">Abortion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crime_in_Arkansas" title="Crime in Arkansas">Crime</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Culture_of_Arkansas" title="Culture of Arkansas">Culture</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Demographics_of_Arkansas" title="Demographics of Arkansas">Demographics</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Economy_of_Arkansas" title="Economy of Arkansas">Economy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Education_in_Arkansas" title="Education in Arkansas">Education</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gun_laws_in_Arkansas" title="Gun laws in Arkansas">Gun laws</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/LGBT_rights_in_Arkansas" class="mw-redirect" title="LGBT rights in Arkansas">LGBT rights</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Politics_and_government_of_Arkansas" title="Politics and government of Arkansas">Politics</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_regions_of_the_United_States#Arkansas" title="List of regions of the United States">Regions</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Arkansas_River_Valley" title="Arkansas River Valley">Arkansas River Valley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ark-La-Tex" title="Ark-La-Tex">Ark-La-Tex</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bayou_Bartholomew" title="Bayou Bartholomew">Bayou Bartholomew</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boston_Mountains" title="Boston Mountains">Boston Mountains</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Central_Arkansas" title="Central Arkansas">Central Arkansas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crowley%27s_Ridge" title="Crowley's Ridge">Crowley's Ridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arkansas_Delta" title="Arkansas Delta">Delta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Four_State_Area" class="mw-redirect" title="Four State Area">Four State Area</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/McDonald_Territory" title="McDonald Territory">McDonald Territory</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mississippi_Alluvial_Plain" title="Mississippi Alluvial Plain">Mississippi Alluvial Plain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_Madrid_seismic_zone" title="New Madrid seismic zone">New Madrid seismic zone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northwest_Arkansas" title="Northwest Arkansas">Northwest Arkansas</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Ouachita Mountains</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ozarks" title="Ozarks">Ozarks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Piney_Woods" title="Piney Woods">Piney Woods</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_Arkansas" title="South Arkansas">South Arkansas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arkansas_Timberlands" title="Arkansas Timberlands">Timberlands</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Arkansas_metropolitan_areas" title="Arkansas metropolitan areas">Metros</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Central_Arkansas" title="Central Arkansas">Central Arkansas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northwest_Arkansas" title="Northwest Arkansas">Northwest Arkansas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fort_Smith_metropolitan_area" title="Fort Smith metropolitan area">Fort Smith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Texarkana_metropolitan_area" title="Texarkana metropolitan area">Texarkana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jonesboro_metropolitan_area" title="Jonesboro metropolitan area">Jonesboro</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pine_Bluff_metropolitan_area" title="Pine Bluff metropolitan area">Pine Bluff</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Garland_County,_Arkansas" title="Garland County, Arkansas">Hot Springs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Memphis_metropolitan_area" title="Memphis metropolitan area">Tri-State</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_cities_and_towns_in_Arkansas" class="mw-redirect" title="List of cities and towns in Arkansas">Largest<br />cities</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Little_Rock,_Arkansas" title="Little Rock, Arkansas">Little Rock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fort_Smith,_Arkansas" title="Fort Smith, Arkansas">Fort Smith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fayetteville,_Arkansas" title="Fayetteville, Arkansas">Fayetteville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Springdale,_Arkansas" title="Springdale, Arkansas">Springdale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jonesboro,_Arkansas" title="Jonesboro, Arkansas">Jonesboro</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Little_Rock,_Arkansas" title="North Little Rock, Arkansas">North Little Rock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Conway,_Arkansas" title="Conway, Arkansas">Conway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rogers,_Arkansas" title="Rogers, Arkansas">Rogers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pine_Bluff,_Arkansas" title="Pine Bluff, Arkansas">Pine Bluff</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bentonville,_Arkansas" title="Bentonville, Arkansas">Bentonville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hot_Springs,_Arkansas" title="Hot Springs, Arkansas">Hot Springs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Benton,_Arkansas" title="Benton, Arkansas">Benton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Texarkana,_Arkansas" title="Texarkana, Arkansas">Texarkana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sherwood,_Arkansas" title="Sherwood, Arkansas">Sherwood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jacksonville,_Arkansas" title="Jacksonville, Arkansas">Jacksonville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Russellville,_Arkansas" title="Russellville, Arkansas">Russellville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bella_Vista,_Arkansas" title="Bella Vista, Arkansas">Bella Vista</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/West_Memphis,_Arkansas" title="West Memphis, Arkansas">West Memphis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paragould,_Arkansas" title="Paragould, Arkansas">Paragould</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cabot,_Arkansas" title="Cabot, Arkansas">Cabot</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_counties_in_Arkansas" title="List of counties in Arkansas">Counties</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Arkansas_County,_Arkansas" title="Arkansas County, Arkansas">Arkansas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ashley_County,_Arkansas" title="Ashley County, Arkansas">Ashley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Baxter_County,_Arkansas" title="Baxter County, Arkansas">Baxter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Benton_County,_Arkansas" title="Benton County, Arkansas">Benton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boone_County,_Arkansas" title="Boone County, Arkansas">Boone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bradley_County,_Arkansas" title="Bradley County, Arkansas">Bradley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Calhoun_County,_Arkansas" title="Calhoun County, Arkansas">Calhoun</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carroll_County,_Arkansas" title="Carroll County, Arkansas">Carroll</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chicot_County,_Arkansas" title="Chicot County, Arkansas">Chicot</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clark_County,_Arkansas" title="Clark County, Arkansas">Clark</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clay_County,_Arkansas" title="Clay County, Arkansas">Clay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cleburne_County,_Arkansas" title="Cleburne County, Arkansas">Cleburne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cleveland_County,_Arkansas" title="Cleveland County, Arkansas">Cleveland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Columbia_County,_Arkansas" title="Columbia County, Arkansas">Columbia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Conway_County,_Arkansas" title="Conway County, Arkansas">Conway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Craighead_County,_Arkansas" title="Craighead County, Arkansas">Craighead</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crawford_County,_Arkansas" title="Crawford County, Arkansas">Crawford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crittenden_County,_Arkansas" title="Crittenden County, Arkansas">Crittenden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cross_County,_Arkansas" title="Cross County, Arkansas">Cross</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dallas_County,_Arkansas" title="Dallas County, Arkansas">Dallas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Desha_County,_Arkansas" title="Desha County, Arkansas">Desha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Drew_County,_Arkansas" title="Drew County, Arkansas">Drew</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Faulkner_County,_Arkansas" title="Faulkner County, Arkansas">Faulkner</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Franklin_County,_Arkansas" title="Franklin County, Arkansas">Franklin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fulton_County,_Arkansas" title="Fulton County, Arkansas">Fulton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Garland_County,_Arkansas" title="Garland County, Arkansas">Garland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grant_County,_Arkansas" title="Grant County, Arkansas">Grant</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greene_County,_Arkansas" title="Greene County, Arkansas">Greene</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hempstead_County,_Arkansas" title="Hempstead County, Arkansas">Hempstead</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hot_Spring_County,_Arkansas" title="Hot Spring County, Arkansas">Hot Spring</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Howard_County,_Arkansas" title="Howard County, Arkansas">Howard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Independence_County,_Arkansas" title="Independence County, Arkansas">Independence</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Izard_County,_Arkansas" title="Izard County, Arkansas">Izard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jackson_County,_Arkansas" title="Jackson County, Arkansas">Jackson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jefferson_County,_Arkansas" title="Jefferson County, Arkansas">Jefferson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Johnson_County,_Arkansas" title="Johnson County, Arkansas">Johnson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lafayette_County,_Arkansas" title="Lafayette County, Arkansas">Lafayette</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lawrence_County,_Arkansas" title="Lawrence County, Arkansas">Lawrence</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lee_County,_Arkansas" title="Lee County, Arkansas">Lee</a></li> <li><a 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Country</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cross_Timbers" title="Cross Timbers">Cross Timbers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Four_State_Area" class="mw-redirect" title="Four State Area">Four State Area</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Flint_Hills" title="Flint Hills">Flint Hills</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Green_Country" title="Green Country">Green Country</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Little_Dixie_(Oklahoma)" title="Little Dixie (Oklahoma)">Little Dixie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northwestern_Oklahoma" title="Northwestern Oklahoma">Northwestern</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oklahoma_City_metropolitan_area" title="Oklahoma City metropolitan area">Oklahoma City Metro</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Ouachita Mountains</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ozarks" title="Ozarks">The Ozarks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oklahoma_Panhandle" class="mw-redirect" title="Oklahoma Panhandle">Panhandle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_Central_Oklahoma" title="South Central Oklahoma">South Central</a></li> <li><a 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<li><a href="/wiki/Del_City,_Oklahoma" title="Del City, Oklahoma">Del City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Duncan,_Oklahoma" title="Duncan, Oklahoma">Duncan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edmond,_Oklahoma" title="Edmond, Oklahoma">Edmond</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Enid,_Oklahoma" title="Enid, Oklahoma">Enid</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lawton,_Oklahoma" title="Lawton, Oklahoma">Lawton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Midwest_City,_Oklahoma" title="Midwest City, Oklahoma">Midwest City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Muskogee,_Oklahoma" title="Muskogee, Oklahoma">Muskogee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moore,_Oklahoma" title="Moore, Oklahoma">Moore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Norman,_Oklahoma" title="Norman, Oklahoma">Norman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oklahoma_City" title="Oklahoma City">Oklahoma City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Owasso,_Oklahoma" title="Owasso, Oklahoma">Owasso</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ponca_City,_Oklahoma" title="Ponca City, Oklahoma">Ponca City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shawnee,_Oklahoma" title="Shawnee, Oklahoma">Shawnee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stillwater,_Oklahoma" title="Stillwater, Oklahoma">Stillwater</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tulsa,_Oklahoma" title="Tulsa, Oklahoma">Tulsa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yukon,_Oklahoma" title="Yukon, Oklahoma">Yukon</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_counties_in_Oklahoma" title="List of counties in Oklahoma">Counties</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Adair_County,_Oklahoma" title="Adair County, Oklahoma">Adair</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alfalfa_County,_Oklahoma" title="Alfalfa County, Oklahoma">Alfalfa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Atoka_County,_Oklahoma" title="Atoka County, Oklahoma">Atoka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beaver_County,_Oklahoma" title="Beaver County, Oklahoma">Beaver</a></li> <li><a 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County, Oklahoma">Coal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Comanche_County,_Oklahoma" title="Comanche County, Oklahoma">Comanche</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cotton_County,_Oklahoma" title="Cotton County, Oklahoma">Cotton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Craig_County,_Oklahoma" title="Craig County, Oklahoma">Craig</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Creek_County,_Oklahoma" title="Creek County, Oklahoma">Creek</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Custer_County,_Oklahoma" title="Custer County, Oklahoma">Custer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Delaware_County,_Oklahoma" title="Delaware County, Oklahoma">Delaware</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dewey_County,_Oklahoma" title="Dewey County, Oklahoma">Dewey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ellis_County,_Oklahoma" title="Ellis County, Oklahoma">Ellis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Garfield_County,_Oklahoma" title="Garfield County, Oklahoma">Garfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Garvin_County,_Oklahoma" title="Garvin County, Oklahoma">Garvin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grady_County,_Oklahoma" title="Grady County, Oklahoma">Grady</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grant_County,_Oklahoma" title="Grant County, Oklahoma">Grant</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greer_County,_Oklahoma" title="Greer County, Oklahoma">Greer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harmon_County,_Oklahoma" title="Harmon County, Oklahoma">Harmon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harper_County,_Oklahoma" title="Harper County, Oklahoma">Harper</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Haskell_County,_Oklahoma" title="Haskell County, Oklahoma">Haskell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hughes_County,_Oklahoma" title="Hughes County, Oklahoma">Hughes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jackson_County,_Oklahoma" title="Jackson County, Oklahoma">Jackson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jefferson_County,_Oklahoma" title="Jefferson County, Oklahoma">Jefferson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Johnston_County,_Oklahoma" title="Johnston County, Oklahoma">Johnston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kay_County,_Oklahoma" title="Kay County, Oklahoma">Kay</a></li> <li><a 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title="McClain County, Oklahoma">McClain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/McCurtain_County,_Oklahoma" title="McCurtain County, Oklahoma">McCurtain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/McIntosh_County,_Oklahoma" title="McIntosh County, Oklahoma">McIntosh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Murray_County,_Oklahoma" title="Murray County, Oklahoma">Murray</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Muskogee_County,_Oklahoma" title="Muskogee County, Oklahoma">Muskogee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Noble_County,_Oklahoma" title="Noble County, Oklahoma">Noble</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nowata_County,_Oklahoma" title="Nowata County, Oklahoma">Nowata</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Okfuskee_County,_Oklahoma" title="Okfuskee County, Oklahoma">Okfuskee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oklahoma_County,_Oklahoma" title="Oklahoma County, Oklahoma">Oklahoma</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Okmulgee_County,_Oklahoma" title="Okmulgee County, Oklahoma">Okmulgee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Osage_County,_Oklahoma" title="Osage County, Oklahoma">Osage</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ottawa_County,_Oklahoma" title="Ottawa County, Oklahoma">Ottawa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pawnee_County,_Oklahoma" title="Pawnee County, Oklahoma">Pawnee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Payne_County,_Oklahoma" title="Payne County, Oklahoma">Payne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pittsburg_County,_Oklahoma" title="Pittsburg County, Oklahoma">Pittsburg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pontotoc_County,_Oklahoma" title="Pontotoc County, Oklahoma">Pontotoc</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pottawatomie_County,_Oklahoma" title="Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma">Pottawatomie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pushmataha_County,_Oklahoma" title="Pushmataha County, Oklahoma">Pushmataha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roger_Mills_County,_Oklahoma" title="Roger Mills County, Oklahoma">Roger Mills</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rogers_County,_Oklahoma" title="Rogers County, Oklahoma">Rogers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Seminole_County,_Oklahoma" title="Seminole County, 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href="/w/index.php?title=Ahklun_and_Kilbuck_Mountains_(ecoregion)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ahklun and Kilbuck Mountains (ecoregion) (page does not exist)">111 Ahklun and Kilbuck Mountains</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Alaska_Peninsula_Mountains_(ecoregions)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Alaska Peninsula Mountains (ecoregions) (page does not exist)">113 Alaska Peninsula Mountains</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cook_Inlet_(ecoregions)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Cook Inlet (ecoregions) (page does not exist)">115 Cook Inlet</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Pacific_Coastal_Mountains_(ecoregions)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Pacific Coastal Mountains (ecoregions) (page does not exist)">119 Pacific Coastal Mountains</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Coastal_Western_Hemlock-Sitka_Spruce_Forests_(ecoregions)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Coastal Western Hemlock-Sitka Spruce Forests (ecoregions) (page does not exist)">120 Coastal Western Hemlock-Sitka Spruce Forests</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Northwestern Forested Mountains</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cascades_(ecoregion)" title="Cascades (ecoregion)">4 Cascades</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sierra_Nevada_(ecoregion)" class="mw-redirect" title="Sierra Nevada (ecoregion)">5 Sierra Nevada</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eastern_Cascades_Slopes_and_Foothills_(ecoregion)" class="mw-redirect" title="Eastern Cascades Slopes and Foothills (ecoregion)">9 Eastern Cascades Slopes and Foothills</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blue_Mountains_(ecoregion)" title="Blue Mountains (ecoregion)">11 Blue Mountains</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Northern_Rockies_(ecoregion)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Northern Rockies (ecoregion) (page does not exist)">15 Northern Rockies</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Idaho_Batholith_(ecoregion)" class="mw-redirect" title="Idaho Batholith (ecoregion)">16 Idaho Batholith</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Middle_Rockies_(ecoregion)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Middle Rockies (ecoregion) (page does not exist)">17 Middle Rockies</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wasatch_and_Uinta_Mountains_(ecoregion)" class="mw-redirect" title="Wasatch and Uinta Mountains (ecoregion)">19 Wasatch and Uinta Mountains</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Southern_Rockies_(ecoregion)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Southern Rockies (ecoregion) (page does not exist)">21 Southern Rockies</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Canadian_Rockies_(ecoregion)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Canadian Rockies (ecoregion) (page does not exist)">41 Canadian Rockies</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Cascades_(ecoregion)" class="mw-redirect" title="North Cascades (ecoregion)">77 North Cascades</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Klamath_Mountains_(ecoregion)" title="Klamath Mountains (ecoregion)">78 Klamath Mountains</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Interior_Highlands_(ecoregion)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Interior Highlands (ecoregion) (page does not exist)">105 Interior Highlands</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Alaska_Range_(ecoregion)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Alaska Range (ecoregion) (page does not exist)">116 Alaska Range</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Copper_Plateau_(ecoregion)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Copper Plateau (ecoregion) (page does not exist)">117 Copper Plateau</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wrangell_Mountains_(ecoregion)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Wrangell Mountains (ecoregion) (page does not exist)">118 Wrangell Mountains</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Mediterranean California</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Southern_and_Central_California_Chaparral_and_Oak_Woodlands_(ecoregion)" class="mw-redirect" title="Southern and Central California Chaparral and Oak Woodlands (ecoregion)">6 Southern and Central California Chaparral and Oak Woodlands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Central_California_Valley_(ecoregion)" class="mw-redirect" title="Central California Valley (ecoregion)">7 Central California Valley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Southern_California_Mountains_(ecoregion)" class="mw-redirect" title="Southern California Mountains (ecoregion)">8 Southern California Mountains</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">North American Deserts</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Columbia_Plateau_(ecoregion)" title="Columbia Plateau (ecoregion)">10 Columbia Plateau</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Snake_River_Plain_(ecoregion)" title="Snake River Plain (ecoregion)">12 Snake River Plain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Central_Basin_and_Range_(ecoregion)" class="mw-redirect" title="Central Basin and Range (ecoregion)">13 Central Basin and Range</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mojave_Basin_and_Range_(ecoregion)" class="mw-redirect" title="Mojave Basin and Range (ecoregion)">14 Mojave Basin and Range</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wyoming_Basin_(ecoregion)" class="mw-redirect" title="Wyoming Basin (ecoregion)">18 Wyoming Basin</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Colorado_Plateaus_(ecoregion)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Colorado Plateaus (ecoregion) (page does not exist)">20 Colorado Plateaus</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Arizona/New_Mexico_Plateau_(ecoregion)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Arizona/New Mexico Plateau (ecoregion) (page does not exist)">22 Arizona/New Mexico Plateau</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chihuahuan_Deserts_(ecoregion)" class="mw-redirect" title="Chihuahuan Deserts (ecoregion)">24 Chihuahuan Deserts</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northern_Basin_and_Range_ecoregion" title="Northern Basin and Range ecoregion">80 Northern Basin and Range</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sonoran_Basin_and_Range_(ecoregion)" class="mw-redirect" title="Sonoran Basin and Range (ecoregion)">81 Sonoran Basin and Range</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Temperate Sierras</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Arizona/New_Mexico_Mountains_(ecoregion)" class="mw-redirect" title="Arizona/New Mexico Mountains (ecoregion)">23 Arizona/New Mexico Mountains</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Great Plains</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Western_High_Plains_(ecoregion)" class="mw-redirect" title="Western High Plains (ecoregion)">25 Western High Plains</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Southwestern_Tablelands_(ecoregion)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Southwestern Tablelands (ecoregion) (page does not exist)">26 Southwestern Tablelands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Central_Great_Plains_(ecoregion)" title="Central Great Plains (ecoregion)">27 Central Great Plains</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Flint_Hills_(ecoregion)" class="mw-redirect" title="Flint Hills (ecoregion)">28 Flint Hills</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Central_Oklahoma/Texas_Plains_(ecoregion)" class="mw-redirect" title="Central Oklahoma/Texas Plains (ecoregion)">29 Central Oklahoma/Texas Plains (Cross Timbers)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edwards_Plateau_(ecoregion)" class="mw-redirect" title="Edwards Plateau (ecoregion)">30 Edwards Plateau</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Southern_Texas_Plains_(ecoregion)" class="mw-redirect" title="Southern Texas Plains (ecoregion)">31 Southern Texas Plains</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Western_Gulf_Coastal_Plain_(ecoregion)" class="mw-redirect" title="Western Gulf Coastal Plain (ecoregion)">34 Western Gulf Coastal Plain</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Central_Irregular_Plains_(ecoregion)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Central Irregular Plains (ecoregion) (page does not exist)">40 Central Irregular Plains</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Northwestern_Glaciated_Plains_(ecoregion)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Northwestern Glaciated Plains (ecoregion) (page does not exist)">42 Northwestern Glaciated Plains</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Northwestern_Great_Plains_(ecoregion)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Northwestern Great Plains (ecoregion) (page does not exist)">43 Northwestern Great Plains</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nebraska_Sand_Hills_(ecoregion)" class="mw-redirect" title="Nebraska Sand Hills (ecoregion)">44 Nebraska Sand Hills</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Piedmont_(ecoregion)" title="Piedmont (ecoregion)">45 Piedmont</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Northern_Glaciated_Plains_(ecoregion)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Northern Glaciated Plains (ecoregion) (page does not exist)">46 Northern Glaciated Plains</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Western_Corn_Belt_Plains" title="Western Corn Belt Plains">47 Western Corn Belt Plains</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lake_Agassiz_Plain_(ecoregion)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Lake Agassiz Plain (ecoregion) (page does not exist)">48 Lake Agassiz Plain</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Eastern Temperate Forest</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Texas_Blackland_Prairies_(ecoregion)" class="mw-redirect" title="Texas Blackland Prairies (ecoregion)">32 Texas Blackland Prairies</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/East_Central_Texas_Plains_(ecoregion)" class="mw-redirect" title="East Central Texas Plains (ecoregion)">33 East Central Texas Plains</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=South_Central_Plains_(ecoregion)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="South Central Plains (ecoregion) (page does not exist)">35 South Central Plains</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">36 Ouachita Mountains</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arkansas_Valley_(ecoregion)" title="Arkansas Valley (ecoregion)">37 Arkansas Valley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boston_Mountains" title="Boston Mountains">38 Boston Mountains</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ozark_Highlands_(ecoregion)" title="Ozark Highlands (ecoregion)">39 Ozark Highlands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Central_Hardwood_Forests_(ecoregion)" class="mw-redirect" title="North Central Hardwood Forests (ecoregion)">51 North Central Hardwood Forests</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Driftless_Area_(ecoregion)" class="mw-redirect" title="Driftless Area (ecoregion)">52 Driftless Area</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Southeastern_Wisconsin_Till_Plains" title="Southeastern Wisconsin Till Plains">53 Southeastern Wisconsin Till Plains</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Central_Corn_Belt_Plains_(ecoregion)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Central Corn Belt Plains (ecoregion) (page does not exist)">54 Central Corn Belt Plains</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Eastern_Corn_Belt_Plains_(ecoregion)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Eastern Corn Belt Plains (ecoregion) (page does not exist)">55 Eastern Corn Belt Plains </a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Southern_Michigan/Northern_Indiana_Drift_Plains_(ecoregion)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Southern Michigan/Northern Indiana Drift Plains (ecoregion) (page does not exist)">56 Southern Michigan/Northern Indiana Drift Plains</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Huron/Erie_Lake_Plains_(ecoregion)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Huron/Erie Lake Plains (ecoregion) (page does not exist)">57 Huron/Erie Lake Plains</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Northeastern_Coastal_Zone_(ecoregion)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Northeastern Coastal Zone (ecoregion) (page does not exist)">59 Northeastern Coastal Zone</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Northern_Appalachian_Plateau_and_Uplands_(ecoregion)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Northern Appalachian Plateau and Uplands (ecoregion) (page does not exist)">60 Northern Appalachian Plateau and Uplands</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Erie_Drift_Plain_(ecoregion)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Erie Drift Plain (ecoregion) (page does not exist)">61 Erie Drift Plain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Middle_Atlantic_Coastal_Plain_(ecoregion)" class="mw-redirect" title="Middle Atlantic Coastal Plain (ecoregion)">63 Middle Atlantic Coastal Plain</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Northern_Piedmont_(ecoregion)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Northern Piedmont (ecoregion) (page does not exist)">64 Northern Piedmont</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Southeastern_Plains_(ecoregion)" title="Southeastern Plains (ecoregion)">65 Southeastern Plains</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blue_Ridge_(ecoregion)" class="mw-redirect" title="Blue Ridge (ecoregion)">66 Blue Ridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ridge_and_Valley_(ecoregion)" class="mw-redirect" title="Ridge and Valley (ecoregion)">67 Ridge and Valley</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Southwestern_Appalachians_(ecoregion)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Southwestern Appalachians (ecoregion) (page does not exist)">68 Southwestern Appalachians</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Central_Appalachians_(ecoregion)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Central Appalachians (ecoregion) (page does not exist)">69 Central Appalachians</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Western_Allegheny_Plateau_(ecoregion)" title="Western Allegheny Plateau (ecoregion)">70 Western Allegheny Plateau</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Interior_Plateau_(ecoregion)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Interior Plateau (ecoregion) (page does not exist)">71 Interior Plateau</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Interior_River_Valleys_and_Hills_(ecoregion)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Interior River Valleys and Hills (ecoregion) (page does not exist)">72 Interior River Valleys and Hills</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mississippi_Alluvial_Plain_(ecoregion)" title="Mississippi Alluvial Plain (ecoregion)">73 Mississippi Alluvial Plain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mississippi_Valley_Loess_Plains_(ecoregion)" title="Mississippi Valley Loess Plains (ecoregion)">74 Mississippi Valley Loess Plains</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Southern_Coastal_Plain_(ecoregion)" title="Southern Coastal Plain (ecoregion)">75 Southern Coastal Plain</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Laurentian_Plains_and_Hills_(ecoregion)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Laurentian Plains and Hills (ecoregion) (page does not exist)">82 Laurentian Plains and Hills</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eastern_Great_Lakes_and_Hudson_Lowlands_(ecoregion)" title="Eastern Great Lakes and Hudson Lowlands (ecoregion)">83 Eastern Great Lakes and Hudson Lowlands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Atlantic_coastal_pine_barrens" title="Atlantic coastal pine barrens">84 Atlantic Coastal Pine Barrens</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Northern Forests</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Northern_Minnesota_Wetlands_(ecoregion)" title="Northern Minnesota Wetlands (ecoregion)">49 Northern Minnesota Wetlands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northern_Lakes_and_Forests_(ecoregion)" title="Northern Lakes and Forests (ecoregion)">50 Northern Lakes and Forests</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northeastern_Highlands_(ecoregion)" title="Northeastern Highlands (ecoregion)">58 Northeastern Highlands</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=North_Central_Appalachians_(ecoregion)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="North Central Appalachians (ecoregion) (page does not exist)">62 North Central Appalachians</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Tropical Wet Forests</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Southern_Florida_Coastal_Plain_(ecoregion)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Southern Florida Coastal Plain (ecoregion) (page does not exist)">76 Southern Florida Coastal Plain</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Southern Semi-Arid Highlands</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Madrean_Archipelago_(ecoregion)" class="mw-redirect" title="Madrean Archipelago (ecoregion)">79 Madrean Archipelago</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Taiga</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Arctic_Coastal_Plain_(ecoregion)" class="mw-redirect" title="Arctic Coastal Plain (ecoregion)">101 Arctic Coastal Plain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arctic_Foothills_(ecoregion)" class="mw-redirect" title="Arctic Foothills (ecoregion)">102 Arctic Foothills</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brooks_Range_(ecoregion)" class="mw-redirect" title="Brooks Range (ecoregion)">103 Brooks Range</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Interior_Forested_Lowlands_and_Uplands_(ecoregion)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Interior Forested Lowlands and Uplands (ecoregion) (page does not exist)">104 Interior Forested Lowlands and Uplands</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Interior_Bottomlands_(ecoregion)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Interior Bottomlands (ecoregion) (page does not exist)">106 Interior Bottomlands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yukon_Flats_(ecoregion)" class="mw-redirect" title="Yukon Flats (ecoregion)">107 Yukon Flats</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ogilvie_Mountains_(ecoregion)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ogilvie Mountains (ecoregion) (page does not exist)">108 Ogilvie Mountains</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Tundra</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Subarctic_Coastal_Plains_(ecoregion)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Subarctic Coastal Plains (ecoregion) (page does not exist)">109 Subarctic Coastal Plains</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Seward_Peninsula_(ecoregion)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Seward Peninsula (ecoregion) (page does not exist)">110 Seward Peninsula</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bristol_Bay-Nushagak_Lowlands_(ecoregion)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Bristol Bay-Nushagak Lowlands (ecoregion) (page does not exist)">112 Bristol Bay-Nushagak Lowlands</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Aleutian_Islands_(ecoregion)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Aleutian Islands (ecoregion) (page does not exist)">114 Aleutian Islands</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div>as defined by the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Environmental_Protection_Agency" title="United States Environmental Protection 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