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All lakes listed are man-made. Oklahoma's only natural lakes are oxbow and playa lakes. Oklahoma has sixty-two oxbow lakes at least 10 acres in size. The largest, near the Red River in McCurtain County, is 272 acres. Playa lakes are found in saucer-shaped depressions in the high plains region. They are usually intermittent, holding water only ...
Elk River: 821: Near Tiff City, Missouri: Chikaskia River: 619: Near Blackwell: Lee Creek: 546: Near Arkansas state line North Fork Red River: 531: Near Tipton: Clear Boggy Creek: 498: Near Caney: Glover River: 497: Near Glover Cache Creek: 391: Near junction with Red River Little River (Canadian River) 360: Near Sasakwa Baron Fork: 329: Near ...
More than 500 named creeks and rivers make up Oklahoma's waterways, and with 200 lakes created by dams, it holds the highest number of reservoirs in the nation. [4] Oklahoma covers an area of 69,898 square miles (181,030 km 2 ), with 68,667 square miles (177,850 km 2 ) of land and 1,231 square miles (3,190 km 2 ) of water, making it the 20th ...
The North Canadian River is named Beaver River or Beaver Creek on its course through the panhandle. Its land area is 5,686 square miles (14,730 km 2) and comprises 8.28 percent of Oklahoma's land area. [3] The area includes Beaver Dunes Park with sand dunes along the Beaver River and Optima Lake, the home of the Optima National Wildlife Refuge.
A seven-mile (eleven-kilometer) portion of the river flowing through Oklahoma City was renamed the Oklahoma River in 2004. [7] This portion has several locks that have created a series of small lakes in which rowing, kayaking, and canoeing regattas take place (hosted by the Oklahoma City Boathouse Foundation, Chesapeake Boat House, [8] and Oklahoma City University).
Map of South Central Oklahoma. South Central Oklahoma is an amorphous region in the state of Oklahoma, perhaps encompassing 10 counties. It is centered on the Arbuckle Mountains, an ancient, eroded range traversing some 70 miles (110 km) across the region, and surrounded by rivers and lakes, notably Lake Texoma, Lake Murray and Lake of the ...
Lake Eufaula: On a peninsula in Lake Eufaula. Lodge and cabins are closed. Now known as Arrowhead Area at Lake Eufaula State Park. Beavers Bend State Park: McCurtain: 3,482 1,409: 1935: Mountain Fork River, Broken Bow Lake: Bernice State Park: Delaware: 88 36: 1970: Grand Lake o' the Cherokees: Now known as the Bernice Area at Grand Lake State ...
Central Oklahoma is a humid-subtropical region dominated by the Cross Timbers, an area of prairie and patches of forest at the eastern extent of the Great Plains. [2] The region is essentially a transition buffer between the wetter and more forested Eastern Oklahoma and the semi-arid high plains of Western Oklahoma, and experiences extreme swings between dry and wet weather patterns.