Crowley’s Ridge

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Crowley’s Ridge is a distinctive, forested geological formation in eastern Arkansas that rises above the surrounding Mississippi Alluvial Plain.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Crowley’s Ridge canonical 3
Crowley's Ridge 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf geological formation ⓘ
landform ⓘ
ridge ⓘ
contains Chalk Bluff Natural Area ⓘ
Crowley’s Ridge State Park ⓘ
Lake Poinsett State Park ⓘ
Village Creek State Park ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
coveredBy forest vegetation ⓘ
Crowley’sRidgeParkwayDesignation National Scenic Byway ⓘ
elevationAboveSurroundings approximately 76 to 152 meters ⓘ
extendsFrom southeastern Missouri ⓘ
extendsTo near Helena-West Helena, Arkansas ⓘ
formedBy Pleistocene loess deposition ⓘ
erosion ⓘ
stream incision ⓘ
geologicalComposition gravel ⓘ
loess ⓘ
sand ⓘ
hasScenicByway Crowley’s Ridge Parkway ⓘ
highestPointElevation approximately 167 meters ⓘ
highestPointName Mallet Hill ⓘ
length approximately 320 kilometers ⓘ
locatedIn Arkansas ⓘ
United States ⓘ
eastern Arkansas ⓘ
namedAfter Benjamin Crowley ⓘ
notableFor distinct topographic relief in otherwise flat alluvial plain ⓘ
unique flora compared to surrounding delta ⓘ
notableVegetation beech trees ⓘ
maple trees ⓘ
oak-hickory forest ⓘ
orientation north–south ⓘ
partOf Mississippi Embayment ⓘ
passesThrough Forrest City, Arkansas ⓘ
Helena-West Helena, Arkansas ⓘ
linked to: Helena, Arkansas

Jonesboro, Arkansas ⓘ
Paragould, Arkansas ⓘ
primaryGeologicAge Cenozoic ⓘ
Pleistocene ⓘ
recognizedAs distinct ecoregion ⓘ
recognizedBy U.S. Environmental Protection Agency ⓘ
region Eastern Arkansas ⓘ
linked to: eastern Arkansas
separates Mississippi Alluvial Plain ⓘ
Mississippi Delta region ⓘ
state Arkansas ⓘ
surroundedBy Mississippi Alluvial Plain ⓘ
Mississippi Delta ⓘ

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

Forrest City, Arkansas → locatedOn → Crowley’s Ridge ⓘ
Jonesboro, Arkansas → locatedNear → Crowley’s Ridge ⓘ
Northeast Arkansas → hasSubregion → Crowley’s Ridge ⓘ
subject linked to: northeast Arkansas
Craighead County, Arkansas → region → Crowley's Ridge ⓘ
linked to: Crowley’s Ridge