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The Illinois River is a 145-mile-long (233 km) [3] tributary of the Arkansas River in the U.S. states of Arkansas and Oklahoma. The Osage Indians named it Ne-eng-wah-kon-dah, which translates as "Medicine Stone River". The state of Oklahoma has designated its portion as a Scenic River. [4]
Tenkiller Ferry Lake, or more simply, Lake Tenkiller, is a reservoir in eastern Oklahoma formed by the damming of the Illinois River.The earth-fill dam was constructed between 1947 and 1952 by the United States Army Corps of Engineers for purposes of flood control, hydroelectric power generation, water supply and recreation.
Caney Creek is a watercourse in Adair County and Cherokee County in Oklahoma. [1] [2] It forms just southeast of Stilwell and travels on an arc generally northwest, west, and then southwest before emptying into Tenkiller Ferry Lake on the Illinois River east of Pettit. [3]
Dec. 23—Rising from the Ozark Mountains in the northwest corner of Arkansas, the Illinois River flows west and into Oklahoma, curling through the eastern portion of the state before passing ...
[1] [2] It originates around Springtown, Arkansas, [3] and is impounded at Siloam Springs Lake, north of Siloam Springs, Arkansas, before crossing the Oklahoma border. [4] The creek eventually flows into the Illinois River on the eastern boundary of the town of Flint Creek, Oklahoma. [5] [2] Normally the creek is crystal clear and flows year ...
It empties into the main branch of the Illinois River near the community of Welling, Oklahoma, just upstream of Lake Tenkiller. [5] [6] The stream drains an area of 1,660 square miles (4,300 km 2) in the two states and is said to be the largest contributor to Oklahoma's Lake Tenkiller. [7]
This is a list of rivers in the state of Oklahoma, listed by drainage basin, alphabetically, and by size. In mean flow of water per second, the Arkansas is Oklahoma's largest river, followed by the Red River and the Neosho River .