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The Little Sandy River is a tributary of the Ohio River in northeastern Kentucky in the United States. It is 85.4 miles (137.4 km) long [1] drains an area of 724.2 square miles (1,876 km 2). [2] Via the Ohio, it is part of the Mississippi River watershed.
It flows generally west, through Red River Gorge in the Daniel Boone National Forest, then past Stanton and Clay City. It joins the Kentucky approximately 11 miles (18 km) southeast of Winchester. In 1993, a 20-mile (32 km) stretch of the river in the Red River Gorge was designated by the federal government as a National Wild and Scenic River.
The land in the foreground is West Virginia, that on the left is Kentucky, while the background is Ohio. The Big Sandy River, called Sandy Creek as early as 1756, is a tributary of the Ohio River, approximately 29 miles (47 km) long, [7] in western West Virginia and northeastern Kentucky in the United States. The river forms part of the ...
Kentucky is the only U.S. state to have a continuous border of rivers running along three of its sides – the Mississippi River to the west, the Ohio River to the north, and the Big Sandy River and Tug Fork to the east. [30] Its major internal rivers include the Kentucky River, Tennessee River, Cumberland River, Green River and Licking River.
All rivers in Kentucky flow to the Mississippi River, nearly all by virtue of flowing to its major tributary, the Ohio River. Also listed are some important tributaries to the few Kentucky rivers that originate in, or flow through, other states.
Nolin River Lake, impounded by Nolin River Dam in Edmonson County. The Nolin River is a 104-mile-long (167 km) [1] tributary of the Green River in central Kentucky in the United States. [2] Via the Green and Ohio rivers, it is a part of the watershed of the Mississippi River.
Pages in category "Kentucky populated places on the Ohio River" The following 63 pages are in this category, out of 63 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The Tradewater River is a tributary of the Ohio River, approximately 136 miles (219 km) long, [1] in western Kentucky in the United States. [2] It drains an area of 932 square miles (2,410 km 2 ) in the limestone hills south of Evansville, Indiana , between the basins of the Cumberland River on the west and the Green River on the east.