About Arkansas
About Arkansas
Arkansas is a Southern state in the United States. Arkansas shares a border with six states, with its eastern border largely defined by the Mississippi River. Its diverse geography ranges from the mountainous regions of the Ozarks and the Ouachita Mountains to the eastern lowlands along the Mississippi River. The capital and largest city is Little Rock.
Arkansas generally has a humid subtropical climate, which borders on humid continental in some northern highland areas. While not bordering the Gulf of Mexico, Arkansas is still close enough to this warm, large body of water for it to be the main weather influence in the state. Generally, Arkansas has very hot, humid summers and mild, slightly drier winters. In Little Rock, the daily high temperatures average around 90F (32C) in the summer and close to 50F (10C) in winter. Annual precipitation throughout the state averages between 40 and 50 inches (1,000 to 1,250 mm); getting gradually wetter as you go from west to east. Snowfall is not uncommon, but certainly not excessive in most years as the average snowfall is around 5 inches (13 cm).
Despite its subtropical climate, Arkansas is known for occasional extreme weather. Between both the Great Plains and the Gulf States, Arkansas receives around 60 days of thunderstorms. While not considered part of Tornado Alley, Arkansas does border Texas and Oklahoma, two states which are known for their tornadoes. As such, tornadoes are not an uncommon occurrence in Arkansas, and a few of the most destructive tornadoes in U.S. history have struck the state. While being sufficiently away from the coast to be safe from a direct hit from a hurricane, Arkansas can often get the remnants of a tropical system which dumps tremendous amounts of rain in a short time and often spawns smaller tornadoes.
Education
Public school districts
* List of school districts in Arkansas
Centers of research
* Arkansas Cherokee Indian Research
* Dale Bumpers National Rice Research Center website
* National Center for Toxicological Research website
Colleges and universities
* University of Arkansas System
o University of Arkansas at Fayetteville
o University of Arkansas at Fort Smith
o University of Arkansas at Little Rock
o University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
o University of Arkansas at Monticello
o University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff
* Arkansas Arts Center
* Arkansas Baptist College
* Arkansas Tech University
* Central Baptist College
* Harding University
* Henderson State University
* Hendrix College
* John Brown University
* Lyon College
* Northwest Arkansas Community College
* Ouachita Baptist University
* Philander Smith College
* Southern Arkansas University
* University of Central Arkansas
* University of the Ozarks
* Williams Baptist College
* Arkansas State University System
o Arkansas State University – Jonesboro
o Arkansas State University – Beebe
o Arkansas State University – Mountain Home
o Arkansas State University – Newport
o Arkansas State University – Marked Tree
o Arkansas State University – Heber Springs
o Arkansas State University – Searcy