Missouri Real Estate - State Geography

Now I will give you a “lay of the land” if you will. Missouri is bounded on the North by Iowa; on the East, across the Mississippi River, by Illinois, Kentucky, and Tennessee; on the South by Arkansas; and on the West by Oklahoma, Kansas, and Nebraska (the latter two across the Missouri River.) North of the Missouri River lie the northern plains that stretch into Iowa, Nebraska and Kansas. Here, gentle rolling hills remain behind from a glacier that once had extended from the north to the Missouri River. First lets give you all those “Fun Facts” about the state of Missouri in general:

The Missouri River is one of the Mississippi River's largest tributaries. With its headwaters originating in the mountains of Montana and continuing through its confluence with the Mississippi River just North of Saint Louis, Missouri on down to the Gulf of Mexico, it is the fourth longest river in the world after the Nile River, the Amazon River and the Yangtze River. The Missouri River flows through or at the frontier of the following states: Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Iowa, Kansas, and Missouri.

The Ozark Plateau begins South of the river and extends into Arkansas and Oklahoma. Springfield, Missouri in southwestern Missouri lies on the Ozark Plateau. Southern Missouri is the home of the Ozark Mountains and extends into Arkansas.

The Southeastern part of the state is home to the boot heel, part of the Mississippi Alluvial Plain. This region is the lowest, flattest and wettest part of the state. It is also the most fertile. It is here that one finds cotton and rice production. Now after all that description, it would be just as simple to look at a map of the United States and see Missouri is just about smack dab in the middle wouldn’t it?