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The Middle Fork River is a 35.4-mile-long (57.0 km) [5] tributary of the Tygart Valley River in north-central West Virginia, USA.Via the Tygart Valley, Monongahela and Ohio rivers, it is part of the watershed of the Mississippi River, draining an area of 152 square miles (390 km 2) on the easternmost part of the unglaciated portion of the Allegheny Plateau.
The Middle Fork Kings River is a 37.2-mile (59.9 km) [2] tributary of the Kings River in Kings Canyon National Park, California, in the southern Sierra Nevada.Draining 318 square miles (820 km 2) [2] – almost all of it wilderness – the Middle Fork is one of the largest wholly undeveloped watersheds in the state, with no dams or paved roads within its basin.
Tunnels connect the four mainstem reservoirs to take advantage of the hydraulic head created by the Middle Fork's steep drop. The final tunnel, from Sand Bar Flat, enters the main Stanislaus River about 2 miles (3.2 km) below the mouth of the Middle Fork, at the head of New Melones Lake reservoir. As a result, much of the Middle Fork is ...
The Middle Fork Willamette River is formed in northeastern Douglas County by the joining of several small headwater streams near Emigrant Pass.The river flows generally north into Lane County, through the Calapooya Mountains, to the vicinity of Eugene and Springfield, where it joins the Coast Fork Willamette River to form the Willamette River proper.
The Kentucky River basin, including Middle Fork and its tributaries, suffered a major flood in January and February 1957. [2] Peak flood levels were higher by 5.0 feet (1.5 m) at Buckhorn and 2.83 feet (0.86 m) at Tallega than the previous record peak levels in 1939. [3]
The Middle Fork Feather River is a major river in Plumas and Butte Counties in the U.S. state of California. [1] Nearly 100 miles (160 km) long, it drains about 1,062 square miles (2,750 km 2 ) [ 3 ] of the rugged northern Sierra Nevada range.
The Middle Fork flows west for 23 miles (37 km) [2] from the confluence of the Selway River and Lochsa River at Lowell, to the town of Kooskia where it joins with the South Fork Clearwater River to create the Clearwater River. The Middle Fork's entire length is within Idaho County, although a small portion of its watershed extends into ...
The Middle Fork John Day River is a 73-mile (117 km) tributary of the North Fork John Day River in the U.S. state of Oregon.It originates in the Blue Mountains of northeast Oregon in the Malheur National Forest near Austin and flows generally west to the North Fork about 18 miles (29 km) above Monument.