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Ouachita Mountains

The Ouachita Mountains ( )〔
〕 are a mountain range in west central Arkansas and southeastern Oklahoma. The range's subterranean roots may extend as far as central Texas, or beyond it to the current location of the Marathon Uplift. Along with the Ozark Mountains, the Ouachita Mountains form the U.S. Interior Highlands, one of the few major mountainous regions between the Rocky Mountains and the Appalachian Mountains.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title= A Tapestry of Time and Terrain: The Union of Two Maps - Geology and Topography )〕 The highest peak in the Ouachitas is Mount Magazine in west-central Arkansas which rises to .〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=''Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture''. "Ouachita Mountains." )
==Etymology==
The word Ouachita is composed of two Choctaw words: ''ouac'', a buffalo, and ''chito'', large. It means the country of large buffaloes, numerous herds of those animals having formerly covered the prairies of Ouachita.〔( Harlan, R. 1834. Notice of fossil bones found in the Tertiary formation of the State of Louisiana. Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc. iv pp. 397-403. )〕
According to the ''Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture'', the name comes from the French spelling of the Caddo word ''washita'', meaning "good hunting grounds."〔

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