CYPEESS CEEEK DRAINAGE DISTRICT, ARKANSAS. 
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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 
the bayous when their waters are held back by the river floods. The 
highest land lies in the northwest corner, 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- 
ern part the fall to the south is quite well 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 
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Fig. 1.— Map of Arkansas, showing location of Cypress Creek drainage district. 
Creek, in the central part of the district, the slope of the land to the 
south is much less. Stretches of land are found here with a prac- 
tically uniform elevation for several miles, broken only by the ele- 
vated banks of intervening bayous that act as barriers to the flow 
of drainage water southward. These conditions result in vast 
accumulations of water that in even ordinarily wet seasons cover 
these flats, making the country impassable for long periods. 
The general trend of the streams for a considerable distance after 
they enter the district from the west is to the southeast. As they 
