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The Ark-La-Tex, Arklatex, or ArkLaTex is a US socio-economic region where Arkansas, Louisiana, Texas and Oklahoma intersect. The region is centered on the Shreveport/ Bossier metropolitan area in Northwest Louisiana. Although Marshall in Northeast Texas, Natchitoches, Louisiana, and both Texarkana, Texas and Texarkana, Arkansas retain a large degree of autonomy. Most of the region is located in the Piney Woods, an ecoregion of dense forest of mixed deciduousDeciduous means "temporary" or "tending to fall off". Deciduous plants are those that lose their foliage for part of the year. In most cases, the foliage loss coincides with the incidence of winter in temperate or polar climates, but some plants lose thei and conifer flora. The forests are periodically punctated by sloughFor slough (In the UK, pronounced to rhyme with bough; In the US, pronounced 'slew') as a type of aquatic feature, see Slough (wetland). Slough (pronounced to rhyme with bough) is a town and unitary authority in the county of Berkshire in the south of Engs and bayouA bayou (pronounced "by-you" or "by-yoe") is a body of water tributary to a lake or a river. Bayous are usually located in low-lying areas, especially in the Mississippi River delta region of the southern United States. Crawfish, certain species of shrimps that are linked to larger bodies of water such as Caddo LakeCaddo Lake is a 25,400 acre (103 kmē) lake and wetland located on the border between Texas and Louisiana, in northern Harrison County and southern Marion County in Texas and western Caddo Parish in Louisiana. The lake is named for the Southeastern culture or the Red RiverThe term has the following uses: Rivers Red River of the North, a river that flows northward between North Dakota and Minnesota into Lake Winnipeg, site of the Red River Settlement; also center of the Red River Basin, a historic region of the United State.1 Cities
In Arkansas: HopeHope is a small city located in Hempstead County, Arkansas. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 10,616. The city is the county seat of Hempstead County 6. It is notable primarily as the birth place of the 42nd president of the United, MagnoliaMagnolia is a city located in Columbia County, Arkansas. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 10,858. The city is the county seat of Columbia County 6. Geography Magnolia is located at 33°16'27" North, 93°14'1" West (33. 274052, -93., Stamps, Texarkana
In Louisiana: Bossier City, Houghton , Mansfield, Natchitoches, Ruston, Shreveport
In Oklahoma: Idabel, Broken Bow
In Texas: Atlanta, Carthage, Longview, Jefferson, Kilgore, Marshall, Texarkana
