Wikijunior:North America/United States/Arkansas

Location of Arkansas

Arkansas is a state located in the southern region of the United States. Arkansas shares a border with six states. Arkansas shares its southern border with Louisiana, its northern border with Missouri, its eastern border with Tennessee and Mississippi, and its western border with Texas and Oklahoma.

Flag of Arkansas

Geography

Arkansas is a land of mountains and valleys, thick forests and fertile plains. The so-called Lowlands are better known by names of their two regions, the Delta and the Grand Prairie. The Arkansas Delta is a flat landscape of rich soils formed by repeated flooding of the Mississippi River. Further away from the river, in the southeast portion of the state, the Grand Prairie consists of a more rolling plains landscape. Both are fertile agricultural areas.

State Symbols

• The State Bird is the Mockingbird
• The State Butterfly is the Diana Fritillary
• The State Flower is the Apple blossom
• The State Insect is the European honey bee
• The State Mammal is the White-tailed deer
• The State Tree is the Loblolly Pine