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The Big South Fork of the Cumberland River is a 76-mile-long (122 km) [3] river in the U.S. states of Tennessee and Kentucky.It is a major drainage feature of the Cumberland Plateau, a major tributary of the Cumberland River system, and the major feature of the Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area.
The Big South Fork region contains one of the highest concentrations of natural bridges in the eastern United States and the area is located in parts of Scott, Fentress, Pickett, and Morgan counties in Tennessee, and McCreary County in Kentucky. Charit Creek Lodge is a wilderness lodge, accessible by trail, located within the park.
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 ...
Beech Fork; South Fork Kentucky River. Sextons Creek; Goose Creek. Little Goose Creek ... USGS Hydrologic Unit Map – State of Kentucky (1974) See also. List of ...
The Middle Fork Kentucky River is approximately 105 miles (169 km) long. [2] At Tallega, the Middle Fork has a mean annual discharge of 792 cubic feet per second. [7] The South Fork Kentucky River is approximately 45 miles (72 km) long. [2] At Booneville, the South Fork has a mean annual discharge of 1,052 cubic feet per second. [8]
Kentucky's regions (click on image for color-coding information) Kentucky can be divided into five primary regions: the Cumberland Plateau in the east, which contains much of the historic coal mines; the north-central Bluegrass region, where the major cities and the state capital (Frankfort) are located; the south-central and western Pennyroyal Plateau (also known as the Pennyrile or ...
A truck and buildings damaged by flash flooding from Troublesome Creek sit along KY 550 near Dwarf, Ky., on Thursday, Aug. 4, 2022. Fighting a flood recovery on two fronts
Letcher County is located in the far southeast of Kentucky. Most of its border is defined by mountains. The 125-mile long Pine Mountain divides the county, and defines part of the county's border with Harlan County and Virginia. To the south, Black Mountain marks its border with Virginia. [19] [20]