21. Arkansas Geography - NETSTATE Geographic Center, The geographic center of Arkansas is located in Pulaski County,12 miles NW Missouri, Tennessee, and mississippi border Arkansas on the east. http://www.netstate.com/states/geography/ar_geography.htm

HOME INTRO SYMBOLS ALMANAC GEOGRAPHY STATE MAPS PEOPLE FORUM ... WEBMASTER The Geography of Arkansas Click here for a few definitions. Longitude / Latitude Longitude: 89° 41' W to 94° 42' W Latitude: 33° N to 36° 30' N Length x Width Arkansas is 260 miles long and 240 miles wide. Geographic Center The geographic center of Arkansas is located in Pulaski County, 12 miles NW of Little Rock Borders Arkansas is bordered by Missouri on the north and Louisiana on the south. Missouri Tennessee , and Mississippi border Arkansas on the east. The Mississippi River marks Arkansas' eastern border with these three states. On the west, Arkansas is bordered by Texas and Oklahoma Total Area Arkansas covers 53,182 square miles, making it the 29th largest of the 50 states Land Area 52,075 square miles of Arkansas are land areas. Water Area 1,107 square miles of Arkansas are covered by water. Highest Point The highest point in Arkansas is Magazine Mountain at 2,753 feet above sea level. Visit Mt. Magazine State Park Lowest Point The lowest point in Arkansas is the Ouachita River at 55 feet above sea level.

22. New Arkansas Delta Cultural Center: Missisippi Delta Geography & 1927 Flood Exhi Features the state's mississippi River Delta sociology, economy and geography with studies of the rivers, history, and steamboats. http://www.arkansasdeltageography.com

T he Delta Cultural Center has undertaken the ambitious mission of preserving, interpreting and presenting the heritage and culture of the Arkansas Delta. Located in historic downtown Helena, Arkansas, the Delta Cultural Center serves 27 counties in eastern Arkansas. The Center combines education and research with historical and cultural interpretation to communicate the evolving legacy of the Arkansas Delta's rich land and the people who live there. Opened in the fall of 1990, the Delta Cultural Center is composed of a restored 1912 Missouri-Pacific train depot and a Visitors' Center located one block away. The Visitors' Center is host to spacious galleries for temporary exhibits and houses an interactive exhibit on the development of Arkansas Delta music. The Delta Cultural Center also manages the restored Miller Hotel and is beginning restoration on the Greek Revival/Italianate-style Moore-Hornor home. Geography of the Arkansas Delta is a web site dedicated to the study of the geographical and topographical elements that make up the rich land of the Arkansas Delta. A project of the Delta Cultural Center's Education Program.

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VOLUME 8 NUMBER 2 FALL 2003 Of Racism and Rubbish: The Geography of Race and Pollution in Mississippi By Jim F. Couch, Peter M. Williams, Jon Halvorson, and Keith Malone Concerns about environmental injustice have prompted regulatory agencies to investigate whether or not emissions from industrial facilities affect minorities disproportionately. Although Mississippi is thought by some to have among the worst pollution offenses against minorities and the poor, a new study shows that air pollution levels are not much different in parts of the state with higher black representation. Download Acrobat PDF format file of article Subscribe Now! Review Index Send E-mail

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27. MSVCC Visitor Site ACC 1213 01VS Principles of Accounting I. Ezelle, Rachel. East mississippi Community College. Open GEO 1113 Z - World geography. Lewman, Dan. Southwest mississippi Community College http://sbcjcweb.sbcjc.cc.ms.us/MsvccVisitor

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28. About The USA - Travel & Geography > Mississippi mississippi. mississippi, the Magnolia State Abbreviation MS. The name mississippi comes from an Indian word meaning great waters or father of waters . http://www.usembassy.de/usa/mississippi.htm

Travel to the United States The Regions of the United States The States, Districts and Territories of the United States State Flag State Seal MISSISSIPPI. American FactFinder (U.S. Census) MISSISSIPPI, the "Magnolia State" Abbreviation: MS The name "Mississippi" comes from an Indian word meaning "great waters" or "father of waters" In 1817, Mississippi was admited as the 20th state to the Union. Mississippi is a state that is going through great changes. Part of the Deep South, it was once a land of farmers and quiet towns. It is becoming a state of factory workers and busy cities. But tradition plays an important part in Mississippi life. The state retains many reminders of the Old South. Stately mansions bring back memories of Mississippi plantation life before the Civil War. The large, sunny beaches and fine hotels of the Mississippi Gulf Coast are popular vacation destinations. Der Name Mississippi leitet sich von dem indianischen Wort für "Großes Wasser" oder "Vater der Gewässer" ab. 1817 wurde das Gebiet als 20. Bundesstaat in den Verbund aufgenommen. Mississippi

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Travel to the United States The Regions of the United States New England The Mid-Atlantic The South The Midwest ... The West Americans often speak of their country as one of several large regions. These regions are cultural units rather than governmental units formed by history and geography and shaped by the economics, literature and folkways that all the parts of a region share. What makes one region different from another? A region's multicultural heritage as well as distinct demographic characteristics like age and occupation make regions different and special. Within several regions, language is used differently and there are strong dialects. There are also differences in outlook and attitude based on geography. E-Texts Megalopolis The Bypassed East New England Connecticut Maine Massachusetts New Hampshir ... Vermont New England - including Harvard, Yale, Brown, Dartmouth, Wellesley, Smith, Williams, Amherst, and Wesleyan - is unequaled by any other region. America's first college, Harvard, was founded at Cambridge, Massachusetts in 1636. Without, however, large expanses of rich farmland or a mild climate, generations of exasperated New England farmers declared that the chief product of their land was stones. By 1750, many settlers had turned from farming to other pursuits. In their business dealings, New Englanders gained a reputation for hard work, shrewdness, thrift, and ingenuity.

30. Mississippi River--Geography/U.S. History/Government/Literature Lesson Plan (gra Students learn that the mississippi River has made its markon the country’s geography, commerce, and literature. http://school.discovery.com/lessonplans/programs/mississippi/

Grades K-5 Grades 6-8 Grades 9-12 Astronomy/Space ... Health History Ancient History U.S. History World History Life Science Animals Ecology Human Body The Microscopic World ... Weather For our newsletter and special teacher promotions. 6-8 > Geography Grade level: 6-8 Subject: Geography Duration: One class period (plus) Objectives Materials Procedures Adaptations ... Credit Find a video description, video clip, and discussion questions. Mississippi River Use our free online Teaching Tools to create custom worksheets, puzzles and quizzes on this topic! Students will understand the following: A booktalk provides a summary of the plot (for fiction) or an overview of the coverage (for nonfiction) and explains what kind of reader a given book will appeal to. For this lesson, you will need: Access to the books listed in Procedures or other books that take the Mississippi River for their subject Life on the Mississippi and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn later on. Flood by Mary Calhoun (juvenile) Flood: Wrestling with the Mississippi by Patricia Lauber The Great Midwest Flood by Carole G. Vogel

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32. Mississippi Geographic Alliance began in 1989 when Governor Ray Mabus went to the National Geographic Society withmoney in hand and asked how mississippi could improve geography education. http://user.intop.net/~junehollis/mga_index.html

Mississippi Geographic Alliance The next MGA Reunion will be on July 17th. It will be at Mississippi College. I will get more specifics to you all later. This will be open to any new members, even those that are not TCs. Please pass the word on to those that are not on this email list. There are people all around the state that have participated in MGA and we need to draw them back in. We want to: display projects, - student samples, - pictures or projects, anything that you have that you want to display. If you have a special lesson that you would like to share with the group or pictures that you would like to share please bring them. Contact me about formatting for pictures. If they are on disk we can show them on the computer/LCD. MGA remembers 9-11 and Joe Ferguson, a Mississippi geographer, who was killed when the plane he was in hit the Pentagon. His influence remains. MORE NEW opportunities!! Click on the opportunity link to get the new information! Welcome to the Mississippi Geographic Alliance web site. Our organization began in 1989 when Governor Ray Mabus went to the National Geographic Society with money in hand and asked how Mississippi could improve geography education. Our alliance was established and has trained numerous teachers in Mississippi. MGA is under the direction of Mrs. Bobbie Richardson.

33. USA Label Me! Printouts - EnchantedLearning.com Answers, mississippi mississippi Label Me! Printout Label the major featuresof mississippi. Answers. For more US geography pages, click here. http://www.enchantedlearning.com/label/usa.shtml

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34. Mississippi, State, United States: Geography First M F at 2004 Gulf South Bank Conference Final (Fair Disclosure Wire).American geography mississippi (The Dictionary of Cultural Literacy). http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/us/A0859674.html

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36. Mississippi State Geography mississippi State geography. So you want to know about mississippi? Here aresome highlights! Also check out the links to other sites about mississippi. http://www.kidport.com/RefLib/UsaGeography/Facts/Mississippi.htm

Mississippi State Geography So you want to know about Mississippi? Here are some highlights! Also check out the links to other sites about Mississippi. On this Page: Key Facts Geographic Landmarks Points of Interest Major Industries ... Links to other sites about Mississippi Other related pages: Mississippi State Quiz Key Facts Top of Page Population (1994): 2,669,000 (31st in size) State size: 47,689 square miles (32nd in size) State Capital: Jackson (named after Andrew Jackson) Major cities: Biloxi, Hattiesburg, Jackson, Meridian Admission to union: The 20th State Date entered the union: December 10, 1817 Origin of state name: Named after the indian words "misi" meaning "big" and "sipi" meaning "river". Nicknames: The Magnolia State Bordering states: Alabama, Arkansas, Louisiana and Tennessee with the Gulf of Mexico to the south State bird: Mockingbird State flower: Magnolia Blossom State tree: Southern Magnolia Motto: By Valor and By Arms Geographic Landmarks Top of Page Points of Interest Top of Page Major Industries Top of Page Major industries include cotton and other agriculture. Natural resources include oil and gas. Manufacturing includes ship building, textiles, forestry and chemicals.

37. Revision Central - GCSE Geography - River Flooding - Mississippi GCSE geography River Flooding mississippi. The bullet points below showthe main points needed to answer a question similar to that shown. http://www.revisioncentral.co.uk/gcse/geography/river_flooding.html

Home Contact Shop Links ... Tips GCSE Geography > River Flooding - Mississippi The bullet points below show the main points needed to answer a question similar to that shown. The example of the Mississippi area has been used. Question: "People who live near rivers may suffer from river flooding. Explain the causes of this river flooding and how people have tried to prevent flooding of this area happening again." Answer: Causes: Very large drainage basin - many tributaries flowing into main Mississippi River at similar area Ground was heavily saturated due to previous heavy rain so there was more of overland flow Deforestation - more water in rivers due to increased overland flow - more sediment build up - higher risk of flooding Many people lived in the "Lower Course" that is meant to flood - this accounts for high fatalities What has been done to overcome these problems: Dams have been built to hold back water during times of flooding for it to be released when the water level goes down Spillways - these overflow channels greatly reduce flooding The planting of trees by the Tennessee Valley Authority reduced surface run off The river was straightened in some areas so that excess rain fall in the river is discharged as quickly as possible © 2002-2004 RevisionCentral.co.uk

38. Mississippi - Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia mississippi s physical geography is characterized by two distinct regionsthe mississippi River Floodplain and the Gulf Coastal Plain. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mississippi

Mississippi From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Mississippi In Detail (Full size) State nickname : Magnolia State Other U.S. States Capital Jackson Largest City Jackson Governor Haley Barbour Area Ranked 32 nd ... st 21.5/km² Admittance into Union th December 10 Time zone Central: UTC Latitude Longitude 30°13'N to 35°N 88°7'W to 91°41'W Width Length Elevation 275 km 545 km 246 meters 90 meters meters ISO 3166-2 US-MS Mississippi is a southern state of the United States Postal abbreviation: MS. Official (long) name: State of Mississippi. The state takes its name from the Mississippi River , which flows along the western boundary. The name itself probably comes from Native American words with various spellings that mean "large waters" or "father of the waters." Other nicknames attached to Mississippi are the Magnolia State and the Hospitality State. USS Mississippi was named in honor of this state. Table of contents 1 History 2 Law and Government 3 Geography 3.1 National parks ... edit History Mississippi was the 20th state admitted to the Union, on December 10 . It was the second state to secede from the Union as one of the Confederate States of America on January 9 . During the Civil War the Confederate States were defeated and subsequently Mississippi was readmitted to the Union on February 23 The state was the last to repeal prohibition , in On August 17 Category 5 Hurricane Camille hit the Mississippi coast killing 248 people and causing US$1.5 billion in damage (1969 dollars).

39. Vicksburg, Mississippi - Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia site of the Battle of Vicksburg, an important battle in which the Union defeatedthe Confederacy and gained control of the entire mississippi River . geography. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vicksburg,_Mississippi

Vicksburg, Mississippi From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Server will be down for maintenance on 2004-06-11 from about 18:00 to 18:30 UTC. Vicksburg is a city located in Warren County, Mississippi . As of the census, the city had a total population of 26,407. It is the county seat of Warren County edit History During the Civil War , Vicksburg was the site of the Battle of Vicksburg , an important battle in which the Union defeated the Confederacy and gained control of the entire Mississippi River edit Geography Vicksburg is located at 32°20'10" North, 90°52'31" West (32.335986, -90.875356) According to the United States Census Bureau , the city has a total area of 91.3 km² mi² ). 85.2 km² (32.9 mi²) of it is land and 6.2 km² (2.4 mi²) of it is water. The total area is 6.78% water. edit Demographics As of the census of , there are 26,407 people, 10,364 households, and 6,612 families residing in the city. The population density is 310.1/km² (803.1/mi²). There are 11,654 housing units at an average density of 136.9/km² (354.4/mi²). The racial makeup of the city is 37.80% White, 60.43% African American Native American Asian , 0.02% Pacific Islander, 0.41% from other races, and 0.59% from two or more races. 1.04% of the population are

40. Mississippi Information, Climate, History, Geography, ETC. Physical geography. Most of mississippi is part of the East Gulf Coastal Plain,and the rest of the state is made up of a section of the mississippi Alluvial http://valuecom.com/mississippi/info.htm

Mississippi Homepage Missississppi Businesses ValueCom Mississippi Information Map Mississippi , one of the East South Central states of the United States, bordered on the north by Tennessee, on the east by Alabama, on the south by the Gulf of Mexico and Louisiana, and on the west by Louisiana and Arkansas. The Mississippi River forms almost all of the western boundary, and the Pearl River forms part of the southern boundary. Mississippi entered the Union on December 10, 1817, as the 20th state. Its economy was mainly agricultural until the middle third of the 20th century, when manufacturing became the dominant economic sector; service industries have become increasingly important in recent decades. Jefferson Davis, the president of the Confederacy during the American Civil War, resided here. The name of the state is taken from that of the Mississippi River, the name of which is derived from an Algonquian Indian term for “big river.” Mississippi is called the Magnolia State. Land And Resources Mississippi, with an area of 125,443 sq km (48,434 sq mi), is the 32d largest state in the U.S.; 5.5% of its land area is owned by the federal government. The state is roughly rectangular in shape, and its extreme dimensions are about 530 km (about 330 mi) from north to south and about 290 km (about 180 mi) from east to west. Elevations range from sea level, along the Gulf of Mexico, to 246 m (806 ft), atop Woodall Mountain in the northeast. The approximate mean elevation is 91 m (300 ft). The state's coastline is 71 km (44 mi) long.

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