Fun Facts About the Ozarks
The Ozark region spans approximately 47,000 square miles across Missouri, Arkansas, Oklahoma, and Kansas, characterized by its distinct karst landscape formed by the dissolution of soluble bedrock. This soluble limestone and dolomite bedrock has created vast underground drainage networks featuring sinkholes, losing streams, and thousands of subterranean caves. Among these natural features is Big Spring near Van Buren, Missouri, which disgorges an average of 286 million gallons of fresh groundwater daily into the Current River. Geologically, the Ozarks represent a dissected plateau where…
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