CYPEESS CREEK DRAIITAGE DISTRICT, ARKANSAS. Z 



TOPOGRAPHY. 



The land may be classified as Mississippi bottom land, nearly the 

 whole district being below the higher flood stages of the river or of 

 theJ)ayous when their waters are held back by the river floods. The 

 highest land hes in the northwest comer, the extreme elevation being 

 in the neighborhood of 170 feet above sea level. In the southern 

 part of the district elevations as low as 128 are found. In the north- 

 em part the fall to the south is quite weU defined, as is also the fall 

 to the east in the western part. The land bordering the Mississippi 

 River, however, slopes away from that stream. Below Cypress 



TEXAS 



Fig. 1. — Map of Arkansas, showinR location of Cypress Creek drainat^e district. 



Creek, in the central part of the district, the slope of the land to the 

 south is much less. .Stretches of lurid arc found hero with a prac- 

 tically uniform elevation for scv(!ral miles, IjrokcMi oidy by the ele- 

 vated banks of intervening bayous that act as barriers to the flow 

 of drainage water soutliward. These conditions result in vast 

 accumulations of wat(;r that in even ordinniily wet seasons cover 

 these flats, making the count ry inipassuhh' for Jong periods. 



The gcnfful trf^rnl of tlu; streams for a consi(h'rabJ(^ (hsiance aft(5r 

 they enter tlie district from the west is to the southciast. As tiicy 



