Editing Oklahoma panhandle (section)

==Geography==
[[File:Oklahoma.JPG|thumb|200 px|State welcome sign on the New Mexico state line of the panhandle]]
The panhandle, {{convert|166|mi}} long and {{convert|34|mi}} wide, is bordered by [[Kansas]] and [[Colorado]] at [[37th parallel north|37°N]] on the north, [[New Mexico]] at [[103rd meridian west|103°W]] on the west, [[Texas]] at [[Parallel 36°30′ north|36.5°N]] on the south, and the remainder of Oklahoma at [[100th meridian west|100°W]] on the east.

The largest town in the region is [[Guymon, Oklahoma|Guymon]], which is the [[county seat]] of Texas County. [[Black Mesa (Oklahoma, Colorado, New Mexico)|Black Mesa]], the highest point in Oklahoma at {{convert|4973|ft}}, is located in Cimarron County. The panhandle occupies nearly all of the true [[High Plains (United States)|High Plains]] within Oklahoma, being the only part of the state lying west of the [[100th meridian west|100th meridian]], which generally marks the westernmost extent of moist air from the [[Gulf of Mexico]]. The [[North Canadian River]] is named Beaver River or Beaver Creek on its course through the panhandle. Its land area is {{convert|5686|sqmi}} which is 8.28 percent of Oklahoma's land area.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.netstate.com/states/geography/ok_geography.htm |title=Oklahoma Geography from NETSTATE |website=www.netstate.com |access-date=March 13, 2011 |archive-date=June 21, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130621044339/http://www.netstate.com/states/geography/ok_geography.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> The area includes [[Beaver Dunes Park]] with sand dunes along the Beaver River and [[Optima Lake]], the home of the [[Optima National Wildlife Refuge]].