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This is a list of rivers in the state of Oklahoma, listed by drainage basin, alphabetically, and by size. In mean flow of water per second, the Arkansas is Oklahoma's largest river, followed by the Red River and the Neosho River .
Map all coordinates using OpenStreetMap. ... The main article for this category is List of rivers of Oklahoma; ... Illinois River (Arkansas–Oklahoma) Island Bayou ...
Oklahoma has sixty-two oxbow lakes above 10 acres (0.040 km 2) in size. The largest, near the Red River in McCurtain County is 272 acres (1.10 km 2). The prolonged drought that started in 1930 and created the condition called the "Dust Bowl", led to the construction of a great many reservoirs throughout the state.
The Red River is a major river in the Southern United States. [3] It was named for its reddish water color from passing through red-bed country in its watershed. [4] It also is known as the Red River of the South to distinguish it from the Red River of the North, which flows between Minnesota and North Dakota into the Canadian province of Manitoba.
The North Canadian River is a river, 440 miles (710 km) long, [4] in Oklahoma in the United States. It is a tributary of the Canadian River , draining an area of 17,955 square miles (46,500 km 2 ) [ 5 ] in a watershed that includes parts of northeastern New Mexico and the Texas Panhandle .
The following is a list of lakes in Oklahoma located entirely (or partially, as in the case of Lake Texoma) in the state. Swimming, fishing, and/or boating are permitted in some of these lakes, but not all. Oklahoma has more than 200 lakes created by dams. All lakes listed are man-made. Oklahoma's only natural lakes are oxbow and playa lakes ...
This is a non-diffusing subcategory of Category:Rivers of Oklahoma. It includes rivers that can also be found in the parent category, or in diffusing subcategories of the parent. This is a container category .
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.