Arkansas

• The seal of Arkansas.

• The state of Arizona is

located in the southern

region of the United States.

• The capital and most

populous city is Little Rock.

• The name Arkansas derives

from the same root as the

name for the State of Kansas.

The Kansas tribe of American

Indians are closely associated

with the Sioux tribes.

The word is a French pronunciation of a Quapaw (a related "Kaw" tribe) word meaning "land of downriver people" or "people of the south wind".

• The Ozarks are a physiographic, geologic, and cultural highland region.

• It covers much of the south half of Missouri and a portion of northwest and North central Arkansas.

• The Ouachita Mountains are located in west central Arkansas and southeastern Oklahoma.

• Along with the Ozark Mountains, the Ouachita Mountains are the only major mountainous region between the Rocky Mountains and the Appalachian Mountains.

• The Mississippi River is the second-longest river in the United States, with a length of 2,320 miles (3,730 km) from its source in Lake Itasca in Minnesota to its mouth in the Gulf of Mexico.

• Crowley's Ridge is an unusual geological formation that rises 250 to 550 feet (170 m) above the alluvial plain of the Mississippi embayment.

• This narrow rolling hill region rising above the flat plain is the sixth, and smallest, natural division of the state of Arkansas.

• The Arkansas River is a major tributary of the Mississippi River. It generally flows to the east and southeast and crosses Colorado, Kansas, Oklahoma, and Arkansas.

• The Rocky Mountains are a major mountain range in western North America.

• The range's highest peak is Mount Elbert in Colorado at 14,440 feet (4,401 meters) above sea level.

• The temperature is a constant, year-round 58° F (14° C).

• • Blanchard Springs Caverns is a cave system located in the Ozark National Forest in Stone County in northern Arkansas.

• Arkansas generally has a humid subtropical climate.

• While not bordering the Gulf of Mexico, Arkansas is still close enough to this warm.

• Some of the important cities are:

El Dorado, with 21,530 people.

Situated in Union County.

• Jacksonville, with 31,190 people.

Situated in Pulaski County.

• Fort Smith, with 80,268 people, is the second-largest city. Situated Fort Smith lies on the Arkansas-Oklahoma state border, situated at the junction of the Arkansas and Poteau Rivers.

• Fayetteville, with 72,208 people.

Situated in Washington County.

• Van Buren, with 21,249 people.

Situated in directly northeast of Fort Smith.

• Arkansas has

2,855,390 people.

• Only Little Rock has 187,452.

Bill Clinton

• William Jefferson "Bill" Clinton was as the 42nd President of the United States from 1993 to 2001.

• He was born in Hope, Arkansas, the 19th August 1946.

Amy Lee

• Amy Lynn Hartzler, best known as Amy Lee, is an American singer-songwriter and classically-trained pianist.

• She is co-founder and lead vocalist of the alternative metal band Evanescence.

• She was born in Little Rock, the 13th December 1981.

Shaffer Chimere Smith

• Also known as Ne-Yo, is an American pop and R&B singer-songwriter, record producer, actor, and occasional rapper.

• He was born in Camden, Arkansas, the 18th October 1979.

Scottie Pippen

• Scottie Maurice Pippen is a retired American professional basketball player who played in the National Basketball Association (NBA).

• He played with: Chicago Bulls, Houston Rockets, Portland Trail Blazers, Torpan Pojat and Sundsvall Dragons

• He was born in Hamburg, Arkansas, the 25th September 1965.

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