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Place Name
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Crowley's Ridge
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Pronunciation
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KRO-leez
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Place Status (Type)
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ridge
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Location
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Scott County, Missouri (MO), United States, North America
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Latitude
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unknown
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Longitude
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unknown
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Crowley's Ridge
(KRO-leez), SE Mo. and NE Ark., long narrow
ridge (c.180 mi/290 km long,
2 mi/3.2 km-12 mi/19 km
wide) extending S from Scott co., Mo., to Phillips co., Ark., just W of
Helena. Highest point c.250 ft/76 m above
surrounding alluvial plain. Rich fruit-growing region; loess-capped;
contains many fossil beds. Crowley's Ridge State Park (est. 1934) is
on W slope near Walcott, Ark. Outlyer of Ozark Plateau.
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