Analyzing and Mapping 
Natural Landscape Factors 
of the Ozark Province 
ARTHUR B. CozzENs 
University of Illinots 
A recent paper on the cartographic representation of surface 
features! calls to mind the inadequacy of the maps available for 
the Ozark Province. Published maps show the distribution of 
various factors of the natural environment, but all of the maps 
lack detail and few even approach a quantitative basis. Further- 
more, most of them present only one environmental element and 
do not emphasize the relationshlips existing among the elements. 
Briefly, the Ozark Province has not been “unduly contaminated 
by analytic investigation’’.? 
In consideration of existing deficiencies, the present paper 
undertakes to evaluate published maps of the Ozarks and to 
1. Preston E. James: On the Treatment of Surface Features in 
Regional Studies, Annals Ass’n. of Amer. Geogr’s., Vol. 27, 1937, 
PP. 213-228, 
2. John Leighly: Some Comments on Contemporary Geographic 
Method, Annals Ass’n. of Amer. Geogr’s., Vol. 27, 1937, pp. 125-141; 
mp. 132. 
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