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The Kentucky River is a tributary of the Ohio River in Kentucky, United States. The 260-mile (420 km) river and its tributaries drain much of eastern and central Kentucky, passing through the Eastern Coalfield , the Cumberland Mountains , and the Bluegrass region . [ 2 ]
This list is arranged by drainage basin, with respective tributaries indented under each larger stream's name. All rivers in Kentucky flow to the Mississippi River, nearly all by virtue of flowing to its major tributary, the Ohio River.
Several largely ineffective attempts were made in the 19th century to make South Fork navigable all of the way upstream to the Goose Creek Salt Works. [3] An Act of the legislature on 1811-01-10 enabled a lottery to raise US$10,000 (equivalent to $183,120 in 2023) towards making this reach of the river navigable, and several times the scheme was allowed more time, but by 1813 still nothing had ...
River is an unincorporated community in Johnson County, Kentucky, United States. The post office was first established on September 6, 1890, and its current ZIP code is 41254. Its telephone area code is 606.
The Dix River is a 79.3-mile-long (127.6 km) [1] tributary of the Kentucky River in central Kentucky in the United States. It begins in western Rockcastle County, about 5 miles (8 km) west of Mount Vernon. It flows generally northwest, in a tight meandering course, passing north of Stanford and east of Danville.
The Kentucky River Palisades are a series of steep, scenic gorges and limestone outcroppings that stretch for approximately 100 mi (160 km), along the Kentucky River in central Kentucky in the United States. The Kentucky River Palisades, 2008 Vantage point from Tom Dorman Nature Preserve Close up of sedimentary layers of the Kentucky River ...
The Kentucky River basin, including Middle Fork and its tributaries, suffered a major flood in January and February 1957. [2] Peak flood levels were higher by 5.0 feet (1.5 m) at Buckhorn and 2.83 feet (0.86 m) at Tallega than the previous record peak levels in 1939. [3]
Livermore is located in eastern McLean County at (37.490987, -87.135340), [12] on the north side of the Green River and Rough River. It is bordered to the south, across the Rough River, by Ohio County. U.S. Route 431 passes through the east side of Livermore as Henton Street