Ouachita Mountains

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mountain range physiographic region

The Ouachita Mountains are a rugged, forested mountain range in western Arkansas and southeastern Oklahoma known for their unique east–west orientation, rich biodiversity, and outdoor recreation opportunities.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Ouachita Mountains (portion) 1
Ouachita Mountains ecoregion 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf mountain range ⓘ
physiographic region ⓘ
adjacentTo Arkansas Valley, Colorado ⓘ
surface form: Arkansas River Valley

Ozark Plateau ⓘ
surface form: Ozark Mountains
age Paleozoic ⓘ
contains Caddo River headwaters ⓘ
Kiamichi River headwaters ⓘ
Lake Ouachita ⓘ
Little Missouri River headwaters ⓘ
Ouachita River headwaters ⓘ
containsProtectedArea Hot Springs National Park ⓘ
Lake Ouachita State Park ⓘ
Ouachita National Forest ⓘ
Queen Wilhelmina State Park ⓘ
Talimena Scenic Drive ⓘ
Winding Stair Mountain National Recreation Area ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
dominantVegetation oak–hickory forest ⓘ
shortleaf pine forest ⓘ
geologicalOrigin Paleozoic orogeny ⓘ
geology folded sedimentary rocks ⓘ
novaculite ⓘ
sandstone ⓘ
shale ⓘ
hasEcoregion Ouachita Mountains self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Ouachita Mountains ecoregion
highestPoint Mount Magazine ⓘ
highestPointElevation_ft 2753 ⓘ
highestPointElevation_m 839 ⓘ
knownFor forested landscape ⓘ
outdoor recreation ⓘ
rich biodiversity ⓘ
rugged topography ⓘ
scenic beauty ⓘ
locatedIn United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States

southeastern Oklahoma ⓘ
western Arkansas ⓘ
namedAfter Ouachita River ⓘ
orientedAs east–west ⓘ
partOf Interior Highlands ⓘ
surface form: Interior Highlands of the United States

Ouachita orogeny ⓘ
surface form: Ouachita Uplift
recreationActivity camping ⓘ
fishing ⓘ
hiking ⓘ
hunting ⓘ
mountain biking ⓘ
scenic driving ⓘ
state Arkansas ⓘ
Oklahoma ⓘ
traversedBy Ouachita National Recreation Trail ⓘ
Talimena Scenic Drive ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

eastern Oklahoma → contains → Ouachita Mountains ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ouachita Mountains (portion)
Ouachita orogeny → formed → Ouachita Mountains ⓘ
Ouachita Mountains → hasEcoregion → Ouachita Mountains self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ouachita Mountains ecoregion
subject surface form: Oklahoma
Arkansas → hasRegion → Ouachita Mountains ⓘ
Ouachita orogeny → namedAfter → Ouachita Mountains ⓘ