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Crowley's Ridge (also Crowleys Ridge) is a geological formation that rises 250 to 550 feet (170 m) above the alluvial plain of the Mississippi embayment in a 150-mile (240 km) line from southeastern Missouri to the Mississippi River near Helena, Arkansas.
Level III subdivides the continent into 182 ecoregions; of these, seven lay partly within Arkansas's borders. Level IV is a further subdivision of Level III ecoregions. There are 32 Level IV ecoregions in Arkansas, [2] many of which continue into adjacent areas in the neighboring states of Oklahoma, Mississippi, Missouri, Louisiana, Tennessee ...
The Nama Karoo of Namibia has the world's richest desert fauna. [8] The Chihuahuan desert and Central Mexican matorral are the richest deserts in the Neotropics. [9] The Carnarvon xeric shrublands of Australia are a regional center for endemism. [1] The Sonoran and Baja deserts of Mexico are unusual desert communities dominated by giant ...
The half of the state south of Little Rock is apter to see ice storms. Arkansas's record high is 120 °F (49 °C) at Ozark on August 10, 1936; the record low is −29 °F (−34 °C) at Gravette, on February 13, 1905. [16] Arkansas is known for extreme weather and frequent storms.
Pine forest near Lake Winona (Arkansas); part of Ouachita National Forest. Mammoth Spring: 1972: Fulton: State The largest first magnitude spring in Arkansas, it is connected underground to the Grand Gulf State Park in Missouri. Roaring Branch Research Natural Area
The Sonoran Desert is a desert located in the Southwestern United States and northwest Mexico. It is the second largest hot desert in North America. Its total area is 120,000 sq mi (310,000 km 2). The Mojave Desert is the hottest desert in North America, located primarily in southeastern California and Southern Nevada.
Ethiopian xeric grasslands and shrublands: Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Somalia, Sudan: Gulf of Oman desert and semi-desert: Oman, United Arab Emirates: Hobyo grasslands and shrublands: Somalia: Ile Europa and Bassas da India xeric scrub: Bassas da India, Europa: Kalahari xeric savanna: Botswana, Namibia, South Africa: Kaokoveld desert: Angola ...
Deserts and xeric shrublands: Great Basin shrub steppe: California: Nearctic: Deserts and xeric shrublands: Great Basin shrub steppe: Idaho: Nearctic: Deserts and xeric shrublands: Great Basin shrub steppe: Nevada: Nearctic: Deserts and xeric shrublands: Great Basin shrub steppe: Utah: Nearctic: Deserts and xeric shrublands: Mojave Desert ...