Interior Highlands

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The Interior Highlands is a mountainous region of the central United States encompassing the Ozarks and Ouachita Mountains, known as one of the few highland areas between the Appalachians and the Rockies.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf mountainous region
physiographic region
biodiversity high plant and animal endemism
borderedBy Great Plains
Mississippi Alluvial Plain
climate humid subtropical to humid continental
contains Boston Mountains
Mark Twain National Forest
Ouachita Mountains
Ouachita National Forest
Ozark National Forest
Ozarks
linked to: Ozark Plateau

Salem Plateau
Springfield Plateau
St. Francois Mountains
country United States
describedAs one of the few highland areas between the Appalachians and the Rockies
drainage Arkansas River basin
Missouri River basin
Red River basin
White River basin
linked to: White River
ecoregion Ozark-Ouachita Highlands ecoregion
linked to: Interior Highlands
elevation 2753 ft
elevationMax 2753 ft
839 m
geologicProvinceOf Ouachita Uplift
linked to: Ouachita Mountains

Ozark Plateau
geology Paleozoic sedimentary rocks
erosionally dissected plateaus in the Ozarks
folded and faulted strata in the Ouachitas
highestPoint Mount Magazine
knownFor extensive cave systems
forested plateaus and ridges
karst landscapes
recreational tourism
rugged topography
locatedIn Arkansas
Arkansas
Illinois
Interior Highlands
Kansas
Missouri
Oklahoma
United States Interior Plains
linked to: Great Plains

central United States
partOf Interior Highlands of North America
linked to: Interior Highlands

United States Interior Highlands physiographic division
linked to: Ozark Plateau
separatedFrom Appalachian Mountains
Rocky Mountains

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Ozarks partOf Interior Highlands
subject linked to: Ozarks region (partly)
Ozarks partOf U.S. Interior Highlands
subject linked to: Ozarks region (partly)
linked to: Interior Highlands
Ouachita Mountains partOf Interior Highlands of the United States
linked to: Interior Highlands
Cookson Hills partOf Interior Highlands
Sooner State associatedWithRegionOfJurisdiction U.S. Interior Highlands
linked to: Interior Highlands
Ozark Plateau partOf Interior Highlands
Ozark Plateau partOf U.S. Interior Highlands
linked to: Interior Highlands
Mount Magazine locatedIn Interior Highlands
subject linked to: Interior Highlands
Interior Highlands partOf Interior Highlands of North America
linked to: Interior Highlands
Interior Highlands ecoregion Ozark-Ouachita Highlands ecoregion
linked to: Interior Highlands
Springfield Plateau isSubregionOf Interior Highlands
Pennyrile region isPartOf U.S. Interior Highlands periphery
linked to: Interior Highlands
Baron Fork crossesEcoregion Boston Mountains ecoregion
linked to: Interior Highlands
Arkoma Basin partOf Interior Highlands