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Definition of Ozark Plateau
1. Noun. An area of low mountains in northwestern Arkansas and southeastern Missouri and northeastern Oklahoma.
Group relationships: Ar, Arkansas, Land Of Opportunity
Generic synonyms: Chain, Chain Of Mountains, Mountain Chain, Mountain Range, Range, Range Of Mountains
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ozark Plateau
Literary usage of Ozark Plateau
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Elementary Physical Geography by William Morris Davis (1902)
"The Ozark Plateau, Missouri in the warm season. The snow thus gathers from year
to year, and, as it thickens, the under part is slowly compacted into ice. ..."
2. A History of Missouri from the Earliest Explorations and Settlements Until by Louis Houck (1908)
"... —The Topography of the State— The Ozarks — The' Ozark Plateau—The Granites—Crystalline
and Sedimentary Rocks —Caves—Mineral Wealth—Iron —Lead—Zinc—Coal— ..."
3. Forest Physiography: Physiography of the United States and Principles of by Isaiah Bowman (1911)
"Shows the crystalline rocks of the St. Francis Mountains, the limestones of the
Ozark Plateau, and the shales, sandstones, and limestones of the Boston ..."
4. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science by Kansas Academy of Science (1899)
"The Ozark region embraces the Ozark plateau of southern Missouri and northern
... The Ozark plateau extends just into the southeastern corner of Kansas. ..."
5. Transactions of the Annual Meetings of the Kansas Academy of Science by Kansas Academy of Science, Kansas Academy of Science Meeting (1899)
"The Ozark region embraces the Ozark plateau of southern Missouri and northern
... The Ozark plateau extends just into the southeastern corner of Kansas. ..."
6. ... New Complete Geography by Matthew Fontaine Maury (1907)
"The Drainage of the Ozark Plateau.—Beautiful springs of clear, cold water are
... White river and its tributaries drain nearly all of the Ozark plateau that ..."
7. The Barite Deposits of Missouri and the Geology of the Barite District by William Arthur Tarr (1918)
"The region had been land, so far as it known, since late Pennsyl- vanian times,
and even during that period the Ozark Plateau was perhaps only partly ..."
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