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A rural Ozarks scene. Phelps County, Missouri The Saint Francois Mountains, viewed here from Knob Lick Mountain, are the exposed geologic core of the Ozarks.. The Ozarks, also known as the Ozark Mountains, Ozark Highlands or Ozark Plateau, is a physiographic region in the U.S. states of Missouri, Arkansas, and Oklahoma, as well as a small area in the southeastern corner of Kansas. [1]
The Springfield Plateau is the only Ozark Highland Level IV ecoregion within all four states. [1] The nearly level to rolling Springfield Plateau is underlain by cherty limestone of the Mississippian Boone Formation and Burlington Limestone; it is less rugged and wooded than Ecoregions 38, 39b, and 39c, and lacks the Ordovician dolomite and limestone of Ecoregions 39c and 39d.
Construction of the Ha Ha Tonka castle was started in 1905 by Robert McClure Snyder Sr., a Kansas City businessman who purchased the large property after first visiting there in 1903. Alluding to the natural springs on the property, "ha ha tonka" was said to mean "big laugh" or "smiling waters." [7] Looking up at the Ha Ha Tonka ruins
Kansas City Group/Drum Formation: Carboniferous: Kansas City Group/Iola Formation: Carboniferous: Kansas City Group/Westerville Formation: Carboniferous: Kansas City Group/Wyandotte Formation: Carboniferous: Kanwaka Formation: Kingsdown Formation: Pleistocene: Kiowa Shale: Cretaceous: Lansing Group/Plattsburg Formation: Carboniferous: Lansing ...
2 Kansas City Area. 3 Northeast. 4 Northwest. 5 Ozark. ... The Kansas City Region is encompasses these counties: ... The Ozark Region encompasses these counties:
The western third of Kansas is in the High Plains area. The highest point in Kansas, Mount Sunflower (4,039 feet (1,231 m)), is located in the High Plains physiographic region. The tectonic uplift of the Rocky Mountains during the Cenozoic resulted in erosion and deposition of vast quantities of non-marine sediments eastward across the High Plains.
These mark where that river cuts the Ozark ridge. Across the Mississippi River, this ridge is continued by the Shawnee Hills in Illinois. The sandstone member of the Ordovician Roubidoux Formation outcrops along many bluffs of the southern Ozarks. The elevations of the crests in Missouri vary from 1,100 to 1,700 ft (520 m).
The route of the Ancestral Kansas River rapidly eroded and filled with sediment in the area of Kansas City during periods of glacial melting and outwash. Till in northern Missouri is up to several hundred feet thick, sometimes containing cobbles and boulders, with an overall tan to red-brown color.