Arkansas Delta region

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cultural region geographical region region

The Arkansas Delta region is a low-lying, agriculturally rich area of eastern Arkansas along the Mississippi River, known for its fertile alluvial soil, blues and folk music heritage, and significant role in Southern history.

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All labels observed (6)

Label	Occurrences
Arkansas Delta	8
Mississippi Alluvial Plain	6
Arkansas Delta region canonical	4
Mississippi Alluvial Plain ecoregion	2
Arkansas Delta (western edge)	1
Mississippi River Delta region	1

Statements (54)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	cultural region ⓘ geographical region ⓘ region ⓘ
borderedBy	Mississippi River NERFINISHED ⓘ
climate	humid subtropical climate ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
drainageBasin	Mississippi River Basin NERFINISHED ⓘ
economicActivity	catfish farming ⓘ row-crop agriculture ⓘ timber production ⓘ
hasCharacteristic	agriculturally rich ⓘ fertile alluvial soil ⓘ low-lying ⓘ
hasCulturalSite	Delta Cultural Center in Helena-West Helena NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasIssue	persistent rural poverty ⓘ population decline ⓘ
hasSoilType	alluvial soil ⓘ
hasTransportationCorridor	Interstate 40 NERFINISHED ⓘ U.S. Route 61 NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalEvent	Elaine massacre of 1919 NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalRole	area of significant African American migration during the Great Migration ⓘ center of cotton plantation economy before the American Civil War ⓘ site of extensive sharecropping after the Civil War ⓘ
includesCity	Blytheville, Arkansas NERFINISHED ⓘ Forrest City, Arkansas NERFINISHED ⓘ Helena-West Helena, Arkansas NERFINISHED ⓘ Pine Bluff, Arkansas NERFINISHED ⓘ West Memphis, Arkansas NERFINISHED ⓘ
includesCounty	Chicot County, Arkansas NERFINISHED ⓘ Crittenden County, Arkansas NERFINISHED ⓘ Desha County, Arkansas NERFINISHED ⓘ Jefferson County, Arkansas NERFINISHED ⓘ Lee County, Arkansas NERFINISHED ⓘ Mississippi County, Arkansas NERFINISHED ⓘ Phillips County, Arkansas NERFINISHED ⓘ St. Francis County, Arkansas NERFINISHED ⓘ
knownFor	African American cultural history ⓘ blues music heritage ⓘ civil rights history ⓘ cotton production ⓘ folk music heritage ⓘ plantation agriculture history ⓘ rice production ⓘ sharecropping history ⓘ soybean production ⓘ
locatedIn	Arkansas ⓘ eastern Arkansas ⓘ
musicTradition	Delta blues ⓘ gospel music ⓘ
partOf	American South NERFINISHED ⓘ Lower Mississippi River Valley NERFINISHED ⓘ Mississippi Delta NERFINISHED ⓘ Southern United States NERFINISHED ⓘ
terrain	flat alluvial plain ⓘ

Referenced by (22)

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

Jonesboro, Arkansas → isPartOf → Arkansas Delta region ⓘ

Jonesboro, Arkansas → locatedIn → Arkansas Delta region ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mississippi Alluvial Plain

Blytheville, Arkansas → locatedIn → Arkansas Delta region ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mississippi River Delta region

Blytheville, Arkansas → partOf → Arkansas Delta region ⓘ

this entity surface form: Arkansas Delta

U.S. Route 165 → traversesState → Arkansas Delta region ⓘ

Wabbaseka, Arkansas, United States → partOf → Arkansas Delta region ⓘ

subject surface form: Wabbaseka, Arkansas

this entity surface form: Arkansas Delta

Wabbaseka, Arkansas, United States → locatedInPhysiographicRegion → Arkansas Delta region ⓘ

subject surface form: Wabbaseka, Arkansas

this entity surface form: Mississippi Alluvial Plain

Yazoo River basin → ecoregion → Arkansas Delta region ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mississippi Alluvial Plain

Poverty Point → region → Arkansas Delta region ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mississippi Alluvial Plain

EPA Level III ecoregions of the United States → hasExampleRegion → Arkansas Delta region ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mississippi Alluvial Plain ecoregion

Jefferson County, Arkansas → partOf → Arkansas Delta region ⓘ

this entity surface form: Arkansas Delta

Lonoke, Arkansas → locatedInCountrySubdivision → Arkansas Delta region ⓘ

England, Arkansas → locatedIn → Arkansas Delta region ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mississippi Alluvial Plain

Prairie County, Arkansas → partOfRegion → Arkansas Delta region ⓘ

this entity surface form: Arkansas Delta

Prairie County, Arkansas → isPartOf → Arkansas Delta region ⓘ

Carlisle, Arkansas → locatedInRegion → Arkansas Delta region ⓘ

this entity surface form: Arkansas Delta (western edge)

eastern Arkansas → partOf → Arkansas Delta region ⓘ

subject surface form: Eastern Arkansas

this entity surface form: Arkansas Delta

eastern Arkansas → partOf → Arkansas Delta region ⓘ

subject surface form: Eastern Arkansas

this entity surface form: Mississippi Alluvial Plain ecoregion

Arkansas County, Arkansas → partOf → Arkansas Delta region ⓘ

this entity surface form: Arkansas Delta

Humnoke, Arkansas → region → Arkansas Delta region ⓘ

this entity surface form: Arkansas Delta

Gulf of Mexico watershed → includesPartOf → Arkansas Delta region ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mississippi Alluvial Plain

Pine Bluff, Arkansas → locatedInRegion → Arkansas Delta region ⓘ

this entity surface form: Arkansas Delta