Editing Arkansas (section)

===Hydrology===
[[File:Buffalo National River.jpg|right|thumb|The [[Buffalo National River]] is one of many attractions that give the state its nickname, ''The Natural State'']]
Arkansas has many rivers, lakes, and reservoirs within or along its borders. Major tributaries to the Mississippi River include the [[Arkansas River]], the [[White River (Arkansas)|White River]], and the [[St. Francis River]].<ref name="Federal Writers 1987, p. 8">Federal Writers' Project 1987, p. 8.</ref> The Arkansas is fed by the [[Mulberry River (Arkansas)|Mulberry]] and [[Fourche La Fave River|Fourche LaFave Rivers]] in the Arkansas River Valley, which is also home to [[Lake Dardanelle]]. The [[Buffalo National River|Buffalo]], [[Little Red River (Arkansas)|Little Red]], [[Black River (Arkansas)|Black]] and [[Cache River (Arkansas)|Cache Rivers]] are all tributaries to the [[White River (Arkansas)|White River]], which also empties into the Mississippi. [[Bayou Bartholomew]] and the [[Saline River (Ouachita River)|Saline]], [[Little Missouri River (Arkansas)|Little Missouri]], and [[Caddo River]]s are all tributaries to the [[Ouachita River]] in south Arkansas, [[Old River Control Structure|which empties into the Mississippi]] in Louisiana. The [[Red River of the South|Red River]] briefly forms the state's boundary with Texas.<ref>Smith 1989, p. 24.</ref> Arkansas has few natural lakes and many reservoirs,{{Quantify|date=August 2016}} such as [[Bull Shoals Lake]], [[Lake Ouachita]], [[Greers Ferry Lake]], [[Millwood Lake]], [[Beaver Lake (Arkansas)|Beaver Lake]], [[Norfork Lake]], [[DeGray Lake]], and [[Lake Conway]].<ref>Smith 1989, p. 25.</ref>