Editing McCurtain County, Oklahoma (section)

==Geography==
[[File:McCurtainCounty1909.jpg|thumb|Map of McCurtain County, 1909]]
[[File:Broken-bow-spillway.jpg|thumb|Spillway at Broken Bow Lake]]

McCurtain County's location in southeastern Oklahoma places it within a 10-county area designated for tourism purposes by the [[Oklahoma Department of Tourism and Recreation]] as [[Choctaw Country]].<ref name="Department">{{cite web |title=Counties & Regions |url=https://www.travelok.com/maps |publisher=Oklahoma Tourism and Recreation Department (Travel Promotion Division) |access-date=February 5, 2019}}</ref> According to the [[U.S. Census Bureau]], the county has an area of {{convert|1902|sqmi}}, of which {{convert|52|sqmi}} (2.8%) are covered by water.<ref name="GR1">{{cite web |title=2010 Census Gazetteer Files |url=http://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/counties_list_40.txt |publisher=United States Census Bureau |date=August 22, 2012 |access-date=February 21, 2015}}</ref>

It is the third-largest county in Oklahoma by area.<ref name="EOHC-McCurtainCo"/> The terrain of McCurtain County varies from the foothills of the [[Ouachita Mountains]] in the northern part of the county to the rich Red River bottoms of the southern part. Sections of the [[Mountain Fork]] and [[Little River (Red River)|Little River]] drainages lie in McCurtain County. The [[Glover River]] originates in McCurtain County and flows {{convert|33.2| mi|km}} to its confluence with the Little River southeast of [[Wright City, Oklahoma|Wright City]]. [[Broken Bow Lake]] was created in 1968 by damming the Mountain Fork River; the river is one of the state's two year-round trout fisheries. The [[List of U.S. states by elevation|lowest point in the state of Oklahoma]] is on the Little River in McCurtain County, where it flows out of Oklahoma and into Arkansas.<ref name="EOHC-McCurtainCo"/> McCurtain County is the only documented part of Oklahoma, together with [[Choctaw County, Oklahoma|Choctaw County]], within the natural range of the [[American alligator]].<ref name="ecology">{{cite web|year=2005 |url=http://www.travelok.com/about/StudentGuide.pdf |title=A Look at Oklahoma: A Student's Guide |publisher=State of Oklahoma |access-date=August 14, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061230052128/http://www.travelok.com/about/StudentGuide.pdf |archive-date=December 30, 2006 }}</ref>

The county also contains the [[McCurtain County Wilderness Area]], a 14,087-acre tract created in 1918 and managed by the [[Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation]], and the [[Little River National Wildlife Refuge]], which is managed by the [[U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service]].<ref>[http://www.mccurtaincountygetaways.com/wilderness.php "McCurtain County Wilderness Area."] McCurtain County Tourism Authority. 2008. Retrieved October 8, 2013.</ref>

The county contains the location ([[Smithville, Oklahoma|Smithville]]) with the highest annual average precipitation in the state, at 55.71 inches.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.coolweather.net/staterainfall/oklahoma.htm |title= Oklahoma Annual Rainfall and Climate Data|publisher=CoolWeather.net|accessdate=April 8, 2021}}</ref>

===Major highways===
* [[File:US 70.svg|20px]] [[U.S. Route 70 in Oklahoma|U.S. Highway 70]]
* [[File:US 259.svg|25px]] [[U.S. Route 259#Oklahoma|U.S. Highway 259]]
* [[File:Oklahoma State Highway 3.svg|20px]] [[State Highway 3 (Oklahoma)|State Highway 3]]
* [[File:Oklahoma State Highway 4.svg|20px]] [[State Highway 4 (Oklahoma)|State Highway 4]]
* [[File:Oklahoma State Highway 37.svg|20px]] [[State Highway 37 (Oklahoma)|State Highway 37]]
* [[File:Oklahoma State Highway 87.svg|20px]] [[State Highway 87 (Oklahoma)|State Highway 87]]
* [[File:Oklahoma State Highway 98.svg|20px]] [[State Highway 98 (Oklahoma)|State Highway 98]]

===Adjacent counties===
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* [[Le Flore County, Oklahoma|Le Flore County]] (north)
* [[Polk County, Arkansas|Polk County]], Arkansas (northeast)
* [[Sevier County, Arkansas|Sevier County]], Arkansas (east)
* [[Little River County, Arkansas|Little River County]], Arkansas (southeast)
* [[Bowie County, Texas|Bowie County]], Texas (south)
* [[Red River County, Texas|Red River County]], Texas (southwest)
* [[Choctaw County, Oklahoma|Choctaw County]] (west)
* [[Pushmataha County, Oklahoma|Pushmataha County]] (northwest)
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===National protected areas===
* [[Little River National Wildlife Refuge]]
* [[Ouachita National Forest]] (part)