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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.
Map of the Missouri River watershed The White River flowing into the Missouri River and coloring it with clay. Tributaries of the Missouri River, a major river in the central United States, are listed here in upstream order. These lists are arranged into river sections between cities or mouths of major tributaries for ease of navigation.
Sinking Creek is a stream in Dent, Reynolds and Shannon counties in the Ozarks of southeast Missouri. [1] It is a tributary of the Current River . The stream headwaters are at 37°31′04″N 91°18′38″W / 37.51778°N 91.31056°W / 37.51778; -91.31056 and the confluence with the Current is at 37°18′09″N 91°24′55″W ...
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.
Salt Lick Creek (Kentucky) Salt River (Kentucky) Sap Branch; Sextons Creek, Kentucky; Shaker Creek (Kentucky) Silver Creek (Kentucky) Sinking Creek (Breckinridge County, Kentucky) Sinking Creek (Jessamine County, Kentucky) South Fork Kentucky River; Squabble Creek (Kentucky) Stepstone Creek; Stinking Creek (Kentucky) Stoner Creek (Kentucky)
Floyds Fork [1] is a 62-mile-long (100 km) [2] tributary of the Salt River in Kentucky, directly south and east of Louisville.It begins in Henry County, near Smithfield Kentucky, flows through eastern Jefferson County and flows into the Salt River near Shepherdsville in Bullitt County.
South River; Spring River (Arkansas), of Missouri and Arkansas 57 miles (92 km) Spring River (Missouri), of Missouri, Kansas and Oklahoma; Squaw Creek; Sweet Oak Branch; Taff Branch; Tarkio River; Thompson River; Troublesome Creek; Weldon River; White Cloud Creek; White River 722 miles (1,162 km) Whites Creek; Whittenburg Creek; Whitewater ...
This area of the Mississippi River, from just east at "Island Number Ten" around to the town of New Madrid, Missouri, was the site of a Civil War battle from February 28 to April 8, 1862, the Battle of Island Number Ten. Due to its highly productive soil in the river's floodplain, Kentucky Bend was developed as a major cotton-producing area ...