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Title: Crowley


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Crowleys Ridge
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Crowleys Ridge
  • Location Shade in Red on your map
  • Main Crop/Product Wheat
  • Known For Being the smallest region in Arkansas
  • Major concern Erosion and landslides
  • Town(s) Jonesboro

From Jonesboro, travel west on 540 to Bentonville
in the Ozark Mountains!
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Ozark Mountains
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Ozark Mountains
  • Location Shade in Green on your map
  • Main Crop/Product Dairy and Tourism
  • Known For Rugged topography, rugged valleys and
    high, flat plateaus, limestone caves, and
    Wal-Mart
  • Major Concern Drought will affect rivers and
    lakes and harm tourism
  • Town(s) Bentonville, Rogers

From Bentonville, travel south on 540 to Fort
Smith in the Arkansas River Valley!
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Arkansas River Valley
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Arkansas River Valley
  • Location Shade in Blue on your map
  • Main Crop/Product Chicken
  • Known For Flat-topped mountains and deep
    valleys, and Mt. Magazine which is Arkansas
    tallest Mountain
  • Major Concern Overdevelopment and drought that
    will affect waterways
  • Town(s) Fort Smith, Van Buren, and Russellville

From Fort Smith, travel south on highway 71 to
Hot Springs in the Ouachita Mountains!
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Ouachita Mountains
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Ouachita Mountains
  • Location Shade in Orange on your map
  • Main Crop/Product Forestry
  • Known For Long narrow ridges that run from east
    to west
  • Major Concern Loss of tourism to Hot Springs
    and destruction of forest land
  • Town(s) Hot Springs and Mena

From Hot Springs, travel west on highway 30 to
Texarkana in the Gulf Coastal Plain!
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Gulf Coastal Plain
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Gulf Coastal Plain
  • Location Shade in Purple on your map
  • Main Crop/Product Diamonds
  • Known For Crater of Diamonds State Park
  • Major Concern Changes in forest due to logging
    has led to loss or endangerment of native species
    such as Red-Cockaded Woodpecker
  • Town(s) Arkadelphia and Texarkana

From Texarkana, travel east on highway 30 and 40
to West Memphis in the Mississippi Alluvial Plain
(Delta)!
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Mississippi Alluvial Plain (Delta)
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Mississippi Alluvial Plain (Delta)
  • Location Shade in Brown on your map
  • Main Crop Rice
  • Known For Flat bottomlands and being a major
    agricultural region
  • Major Concern Flooding of rivers
  • Town(s) Helena and West Memphis

From West Memphis, travel north on highway 63 to
Jonesboro in Crowleys Ridge!
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