eastern Arkansas

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Eastern Arkansas is the region of the U.S. state of Arkansas lying along and near the Mississippi River, characterized by its Delta farmland, small cities, and rural communities.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Southeast Arkansas 2
Southeastern Arkansas 1
eastern Arkansas canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (74)

Predicate Object
instanceOf region of Arkansas
agriculturalRegionOf Arkansas
borderRegionOf Mississippi
Missouri
Tennessee
borders Mississippi River
country United States
hasCharacteristic Delta farmland
rural communities
small cities
hasClimate humid subtropical climate
hasCulturalInfluence African American culture
Delta blues heritage
Southern gospel music
hasEconomicActivity agricultural processing
timber production
hasFeature bayous
drainage ditches
floodplains
hasTransportation Interstate 40
Interstate 55 NERFINISHED
U.S. Route 64 NERFINISHED
U.S. Route 70 NERFINISHED
U.S. Route 79 NERFINISHED
historicalRegionOf American South
cotton belt
includesCity Blytheville, Arkansas
Brinkley, Arkansas
Clarendon, Arkansas
Dumas, Arkansas
Earle, Arkansas
Forrest City, Arkansas
Harrisburg, Arkansas
Helena-West Helena, Arkansas
linked to: Helena, Arkansas

Jonesboro, Arkansas
Lake Village, Arkansas
Marianna, Arkansas
Marion, Arkansas
McGehee, Arkansas
Newport, Arkansas
Osceola, Arkansas
Parkin, Arkansas
Stuttgart, Arkansas
West Memphis, Arkansas
Wynne, Arkansas
includesCounty Arkansas County, Arkansas
Chicot County, Arkansas
Crittenden County, Arkansas
Cross County, Arkansas
Desha County, Arkansas
Jackson County, Arkansas
Lee County, Arkansas
Mississippi County, Arkansas
Monroe County, Arkansas
Phillips County, Arkansas
Poinsett County, Arkansas
Prairie County, Arkansas
St. Francis County, Arkansas
Woodruff County, Arkansas
knownFor agriculture
corn production
cotton production
rice production
row-crop farming
soybean production
locatedIn Arkansas
Mississippi River Valley
Southern United States
partOf Arkansas Delta
Mississippi Alluvial Plain ecoregion
soilType alluvial soil
subjectTo Mississippi River flooding risk
terrain flat alluvial plain
timeZone Central Time Zone

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (5)

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

Ark-La-Miss region hasPart southeastern Arkansas
linked to: eastern Arkansas
Interstate 530 region Southeast Arkansas
linked to: eastern Arkansas
Jefferson County, Arkansas locatedInRegion Southeastern Arkansas
linked to: eastern Arkansas
Pine Bluff, Arkansas locatedInRegion Southeast Arkansas
linked to: eastern Arkansas