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Oklahoma topographical map Geographic map of Oklahoma. The Geography of Oklahoma encompasses terrain and ecosystems ranging from arid plains to subtropical forests and mountains. Oklahoma contains 10 distinct ecological regions, more per square mile than in any other state by a wide margin. [1]
This is a list of rivers in the state of Oklahoma, listed by drainage basin, alphabetically, and by size. In mean flow of water per second, the Arkansas is Oklahoma's largest river, followed by the Red River and the Neosho River .
Great Salt Plains Lake; Guthrie, Oklahoma; Hugo Lake; Kaw Lake; ... State Highway 78 Bridge at the Red River; ... Location map/data/USA Oklahoma/ús;
The Red River is a major river in the Southern United States. [3] It was named for its reddish water color from passing through red-bed country in its watershed. [4] It also is known as the Red River of the South to distinguish it from the Red River of the North, which flows between Minnesota and North Dakota into the Canadian province of Manitoba.
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Oklahoma has sixty-two oxbow lakes at least 10 acres in size. The largest, near the Red River in McCurtain County, is 272 acres. Playa lakes are found in saucer-shaped depressions in the high plains region. They are usually intermittent, holding water only after rains. Oklahoma has about 600 playa lakes. [1]
The Cross Timbers are defined by the United States Environmental Protection Agency as Ecoregion 29, a Level III ecoregion.Some organizations and maps refer to the Cross Timbers ecoregion as the Central Oklahoma/Texas Plains. [4]
Deep Map Country: Literary Cartography of the Great Plains (U of Nebraska Press, 2014), covers nonfiction and environmental writing. Miner, Craig. West of Wichita: Settling the High Plains of Kansas, 1865-1890 (1986) online book review