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Elm Fork Red River
The Elm Fork Red River is a river in Oklahoma. It flows into the North Fork of the Red River near Quartz Mountain State Park, about ten miles east of Mangum, Oklahoma Mangum is a city in and county seat of Greer County, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 3,010 at the 2010 census. It was originally part of Old Greer County in the Texas panhandle. The community was named for A. S. Mangum, who owned the .... External links *United States Geological SurveySource of Elm Fork Red(accessed January 9, 2007). *United States Geological SurveyMouth of Elm Fork Red River(accessed January 9, 2007). Oklahoma Digital Maps: Digital Collections of Oklahoma and Indian Territory* Rivers of Oklahoma Tributaries of the Red River of the South Bodies of water of Greer County, Oklahoma {{Oklahoma-river-stub ...
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Oklahoma
Oklahoma (; Choctaw language, Choctaw: ; chr, ᎣᎧᎳᎰᎹ, ''Okalahoma'' ) is a U.S. state, state in the South Central United States, South Central region of the United States, bordered by Texas on the south and west, Kansas on the north, Missouri on the northeast, Arkansas on the east, New Mexico on the west, and Colorado on the northwest. Partially in the western extreme of the Upland South, it is the List of U.S. states and territories by area, 20th-most extensive and the List of U.S. states and territories by population, 28th-most populous of the 50 United States. Its residents are known as Oklahomans and its capital and largest city is Oklahoma City. The state's name is derived from the Choctaw language, Choctaw words , 'people' and , which translates as 'red'. Oklahoma is also known informally by its List of U.S. state and territory nicknames, nickname, "Sooners, The Sooner State", in reference to the settlers who staked their claims on land before the official op ...
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North Fork Of The Red River
The North Fork Red River, sometimes called simply the "North Fork", is a tributary of the Red River of the South about long, heading along the eastern Caprock Escarpment of the Llano Estacado about southwest of Pampa, Texas.United States Board on Geographical Names. 1960. Decisions on names in the United States: Alaska and Puerto Rico, Decisions rendered in May, June, and August 1959, Decision list no. 5903, United States Department of the Interior, Washington DC, p. 52. Rising in Gray County, Texas, it terminates at the confluence with Prairie Dog Town Fork of the Red River at the Texas-Oklahoma border. Course From its source in central Gray County, Texas, the river flows eastward, passing through Wheeler County, Texas, into Oklahoma. Just west of the Wheeler county line, it is joined by McClellan Creek, its chief tributary. In Oklahoma, the stream flows east across Beckham County where it is joined by Sweetwater Creek. It then turns southeast to form the county line bet ...
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Quartz Mountain State Park
Quartz Mountain State Park is located in southwest Oklahoma at the western end of the Wichita Mountains, east of Mangum, Oklahoma and north of Altus, Oklahoma. The nearest community is Lone Wolf, Oklahoma, about northeast of the park. It is operated by Oklahoma State Park. The park began as a 158.3-acre tract adjacent to Lake Altus donated to the state by local residents, who had bought the land for $51.58. It was designated as Quartz Mountain State Park, one of the original seven Oklahoma State Parks designated in 1935. Additional land has been donated since then, and the park now encompasses .Thomas L. Hedglen, "Quartz Mountain State Park," ''Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture.''
Accessed March 5, 2015.
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Mangum, Oklahoma
Mangum is a city in and county seat of Greer County, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 3,010 at the 2010 census. It was originally part of Old Greer County in the Texas panhandle. The community was named for A. S. Mangum, who owned the land on which the town was founded in 1882. It became part of Oklahoma Territory in 1896, and thus part of the state of Oklahoma on November 16, 1907. Bielich, Peggy Crabb. "Mangum." ''Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture''.
Retrieved March 19, 2014.


History

Beginning in 1876, the nearby was used to ...
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Rivers Of Oklahoma
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. By drainage basin This list is arranged by drainage basin, with respective tributaries indented under each larger stream's name. Mississippi River Red River *''Mississippi River (LA)'' ** Red River ***Little River ****Mountain Fork ****Glover River ***Kiamichi River **** Buck Creek ***Muddy Boggy Creek **** Clear Boggy Creek *** Blue River *** Island Bayou ***Washita River **** Wildhorse Creek ****Little Washita River *** Beaver Creek *** Cache Creek **** East Cache Creek **** West Cache Creek ***** Deep Red Creek ***North Fork Red River **** Sweetwater Creek ****Elm Fork Red River ***Salt Fork Red River ***Prairie Dog Town Fork Red River Arkansas River *''Mississippi River (AR)'' **Arkansas River ***Poteau River ****James Fork ****Fourche Maline *** ...
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Tributaries Of The Red River Of The South
A tributary, or affluent, is a stream or river that flows into a larger stream or main stem (or parent) river or a lake. A tributary does not flow directly into a sea or ocean. Tributaries and the main stem river drain the surrounding drainage basin of its surface water and groundwater, leading the water out into an ocean. The Irtysh is a chief tributary of the Ob river and is also the longest tributary river in the world with a length of . The Madeira River is the largest tributary river by volume in the world with an average discharge of . A confluence, where two or more bodies of water meet, usually refers to the joining of tributaries. The opposite to a tributary is a distributary, a river or stream that branches off from and flows away from the main stream."opposite to a tributary"
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