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Central Mississippi River Basin: Arkansas, Iowa, Missouri

A woman looks out across the Petit Jean River Valley from a large rock outcrop along the Ozark Mountain hiking trail in Mount Magazine State Park.

Southern Arkansas is sparsely pop- ulated, with much of this region cov- ered by the pine and cypress trees of the Piney Woods. The woods are thick and dense. In addition to the Arkansas River, which flows through the state, and the

between half a mile (0.8 km) and twelve miles (19 km) wide. Most of the residents of the Arkansas delta region live in cities or towns on Crowley’s Ridge, including the state’s fifth-largest city, Jonesboro. The delta region is known for cotton production.