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The West Fork of the White River at Fishers. The West Fork, 312 miles (502 km) long, is the main fork of the river. [3] Federal maps refer to it simply as the White River, per a 1950 Board on Geographic Names decision. [2] It starts south of Winchester in Randolph County at 40° 04' 46" N, 84° 55' 58" W [2] in Washington Township.
The White River is a 722-mile (1,162 km) river that flows through the U.S. states of Arkansas and Missouri. Originating in the Boston Mountains of northwest Arkansas, it arcs northwards through southern Missouri before turning back into Arkansas, flowing southeast to its mouth at the Mississippi River .
A map of the McClellan–Kerr Arkansas River Navigation System. The McClellan–Kerr Arkansas River Navigation System (MKARNS) is part of the United States inland waterway system originating at the Tulsa Port of Catoosa and running southeast through Oklahoma and Arkansas to the Mississippi River. The total length of the system is 445 miles (716 ...
River miles are used in a variety of ways. The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, in its 2001 Pennsylvania Gazetteer of Streams, lists every named stream and every unnamed stream in a named geographic feature in the state, and gives the drainage basin area, mouth coordinates, and river mile, specifically the distance from the mouth of the tributary to the mouth of its parent stream. [1]
The White River is a Missouri River tributary that flows 580 miles (930 km) [3] through the U.S. states of Nebraska and South Dakota. The name stems from the water's white-gray color, a function of eroded sand, clay, and volcanic ash carried by the river [ 5 ] from its source near the Badlands . [ 6 ]
The dam is designed for a maximum elevation of 695 ft (212 m) (top of the flood pool). Bull Shoals Lake covers 45,000 acres (180 km 2) with a 700-mile (1,100 km) shoreline at powerpool to more than 70,000 acres (280 km 2) with a 1,000 miles (1,600 km) shoreline at 690 ft (210 m). The bottom of the lake consists of bedrock with very limited ...
A Wild and Scenic stretch of the White River. In 1988, 46.8 miles (75.3 km) of the river were designated Wild and Scenic by the United States Congress.Of this, 24.3 miles (39.1 km) of the river are designated "scenic" and 22.5 miles (36.2 km) are designated "recreational."
The White River is navigable by small boats throughout most of its length. But in low water years, the water level may be too low for navigation for a period of several months. Flows vary from 400 cu ft/s (11 m 3 /s) in late summers of dry years to well over 3,000 cu ft/s (85 m 3 /s) in spring.