OKLAHOMA HISTORY OKLAHOMA S GEOGRAPHY
BOARD QUESTIONS 1) HOW BIG IS OKLAHOMA? 2) HOW MANY COUNTIES ARE IN OKLAHOMA? 3) HOW FAR IS IT FROM OKC TO LAS ANGLES, CALIFORNIA? 4) HOW MANY STATE BORDER OKLAHOMA? 5) HOW MANY REGIONS ARE IN OKLAHOMA?
BOARD QUESTIONS 1) WHAT ARE THE FEATURES OF THE RED BED PLAINS? 2) WHAT WILDLIFE CAN BE FOUND IN THE HIGH PLAINS? 3) WHAT IS THE SECOND LARGEST CITY IN OKLAHOMA? 4) WHAT WILDLIFE CAN BE FOUND IN THE WICHITA MOUNTAINS?
OKLAHOMA OKLAHOMA - COVERS AN AREA OF NEARLY 70,000 SQUARE MILES OR 45 MILLION ACRES. 464 - MILES EAST TO WEST 320 - MILES NORTH TO SOUTH RANKED 18TH IN SIZE IN U.S. HAS 77 COUNTIES
OKLAHOMA OKLAHOMA IS HALF WAY BETWEEN LOS ANGLES CALIFORNIA ON THE WEST COAST AND WASHINGTON D.C. ON THE EAST COAST. ABOUT 1,160 MILES FROM EACH. MEXICO IS 450 MILES SOUTH AND CANADA IS 950 MILES NORTH OF OKC.
OKLAHOMA BORDERS STATES - TEXAS, KANSAS, ARKANSAS, NEW MEXICO, COLORADO, MISSOURI. (6) STATES GEOGRAPHIC REGIONS OF OKLAHOMA - HIGH PLAINS, GYPSUM HILLS, WICHITA MOUNTAINS, RED BED PLAINS, ARBUCKLE MOUNTAINS, SANDSTONE HILLS, PRAIRIE PLAINS, OZARK PLATEAU, OUACHITA MOUNTAINS, AND RED RIVER PLAINS.
OKLAHOMA BLACK MESA - HIGHEST POINT IN OKLAHOMA 4,973 FT. ABOVE SEA LEVEL LITTLE RIVER FLOOD PLAIN - LOWEST POINT IN OKLAHOMA 287 FT. ABOVE SEA LEVEL
HIGH PLAINS HIGH PLAINS REGION - INCLUDES THE PANHANDLE AND LAND ALONG PART OF THE WESTERN BORDER. FEATURES - BLACK MESA, ANTELOPE HILLS, CANADIAN RIVER, BLACK KETTLE NATIONAL GRASSLAND, BEAVER DUNES STATE PARK. WILDLIFE - QUAIL, DOVE, DUCK, WILD TURKEY, PHEASANT, DEER, ELK, ANTELOPE, AND PRAIRIE DOG
GYPSUM HILLS GYPSUM HILLS REGION - IN WESTERN OKLAHOMA COVERS A LARGE AREA FROM THE KANSAS BORDER TO THE FAR SOUTHWEST CORNER OF THE STATE. FEATURES - GLASS MOUNTAIN, SPRINGS, CAVERNS, ALABASTER CAVERNS ( WORLD S LARGEST GYPSUM CAVE)
GYPSUM HILLS NATURE RESOURCES - GYPSUM, OIL, NATURAL GAS, WATER. AGRICULTURE - WHEAT, HAY, ALFALFA, SOY BEANS, AND COTTON. CATTLE IS THE MAIN LIVESTOCK IN THIS REGION.
RED BED PLAINS RED BED PLAINS REGION - EXTENDS FROM KANSAS TO TEXAS THROUGH THE MIDDLE PART OF THE STATE. THE DISTINCTIVE RED-ORANGE SHALE AND CLAY SOIL. FEATURES - ROSE ROCK, GREAT SALT PLAINS, HACKBERRY FLAT WILDLIFE, ROMAN NOSE STATE PARK, LITTLE SAHARA. SAND DUNES 25 TO 75 FT. HIGH.
WICHITA MOUNTAINS WICHITA MOUNTAINS REGION - THE WICHITA MOUNTAINS ARE AMOUNG THE OLDEST ON EARTH ABOUT 500 MILLION YEARS OLD. MOUNTAIN SCOTT IS 2,464 FT. AND VISITORS CAN DRIVE TO THE TOP.
WICHITA MOUNTAINS WICHITA MOUNTAINS WILDLIFE REFUGE - 59,000 ACRE WAS SET ASIDE FROM THE COMANCHE-KIOWA- APACHE RESERVATION 1901. WILDLIFE - BUFFALO, LONGHORN CATTLE, ELK, DEER, WILD TURKEY FORT SILL - ESTABLISHED IN 1869 TO STOP INDIAN RAIDS.
SANDSTONE HILLS SANDSTONE HILLS REGION - HAS SANDSTONE HILLS THAT RISE UP TO 400 FT. THE ECOSYSTEM IS DIFFERENT THAN THE WESTERN SIDE OF THE STATE WITH THE CROSS TIMBERS, GRASSLANDS AND FERTILE SOIL. FIRST OIL WAS FOUND IN OSAGE COUNTY.
ARBUCKLE MOUNTAINS ARBUCKLE MOUNTAINS REGION -IS IN SOUTH-CENTRAL OKLAHOMA. THE HIGHEST POINT IS 1,415 FT. THE ARBUCKLE MOUNTAINS RUN EAST-WEST, MOST MOUNTAINS RUN NORTH-SOUTH TURNER FALLS HAS TWO NATURAL SWIMMING POOLS AND A 77 FT. WATER FALL.
PRAIRIE PLAINS PRAIRIE PLAINS REGION - NORTHEASTERN PART OF THE STATE. HAS THE RICHES SOIL IN OKLAHOMA. FARMERS GROW WHEAT, TOMATOES, STRAWBERRIES, PEANUTS THE SECOND LARGEST CITY IN OKLAHOMA TULSA. COAL IS FOUND IN THIS PART OF THE STATE.
OZARK PLATEAU OZARK PLATEAU REGION - NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA CONNECTS TO THE THE OZARK MOUNTAINS THAT RUN THROUGH ARKANSAS. THERE ARE LOTS OF TREES, BERRIES AND VEGETABLES GROWN.
OUACHITA MOUNTAINS OUACHITA MOUNTAIN REGION - SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA INCLUDES SOME OF THE ROUGHEST LAND IN OKLAHOMA. HIGHEST PEAK 2,666 FT. LOTS OF TREES AND RIVERS, BEAVERS BEND AND ROBBERS CAVE.
RED RIVER PLAINS RED RIVER PLAINS REGION - VERY SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA RICH AND SANDY SOIL. THE RED RIVER TRAVELS A 150 MILES THROUGH THIS AREA. LOGGING WAS A BIG BUSINESS ON THE RIVER IN THE PAST.