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The North Fork River or the North Fork of White River [1] is a 109-mile-long (175 km) [4] tributary of the White River, into which it flows near Norfork, Arkansas.. It rises in the southwest corner of Texas County, at the southeast margin the city of Mountain Grove, and flows generally southwards through the southwest corner of Texas, eastern Douglas and Ozark counties. [5]
North Fork River may refer to several places: North Fork River (Missouri–Arkansas), a tributary of the White River; North Fork Double Mountain Fork Brazos River, a tributary of the Brazos River, Texas; North Fork Gunnison River, a tributary of the Gunnison River in Colorado; North Fork Redbank Creek, a tributary of Redbank Creek in Pennsylvania
Built on the North Fork River, Norfork Dam was one of the six largest concrete dams in the country at the time of its construction. All preliminary investigation, the final design of the structure, and the preparation of construction plans and specs was carried out under the supervision of Lieutenant Colonel Stanley L. Scott.
The canyon shallows as the river turns southwest, carving through the Sierra foothills, then turning abruptly south near Colfax. About 4 miles (6.4 km) downstream, it receives Shirttail Creek from the left then is impounded in Lake Clementine (or North Fork Lake) which is formed by the North Fork Dam, built in 1939 to contain hydraulic mining ...
The North Fork Eel River is the smallest of four major tributaries of the Eel River in northwestern California in the United States. It drains a rugged wilderness area of about 286 square miles (740 km 2 ) [ 2 ] in the California Coast Ranges , and flows through national forests for much of its length.
The river has Oregon's longest covered bridge crossing it at Westfir, the Office Bridge. [3] Portions of the river were designated wild and scenic in 1988. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] The portion from Waldo Lake to 1 mile (1.6 km) upstream from Westfir is designated scenic by the State of Oregon [ 6 ] and is known for its native trout by fly fishermen.
From there, the river flows east then east-northeast into Kansas. [2] In south-central Sherman County , it has been dammed to form a small reservoir, Sherman State Fishing Lake. [ 5 ] [ 6 ] A few miles east of the reservoir, the river turns southeast and continues to its confluence with the Smoky Hill River in central Logan County 5 miles (8.0 ...
The Nooksack River is a river in western Whatcom County of the northwestern U.S. state of Washington, draining extensive valley systems within the North Cascades around Mount Shuksan, Mount Baker and the Twin Sisters, and a portion of Fraser Lowland south of the Canada–United States border.