List Of Kentucky Rivers

	List Of Kentucky Rivers List of rivers in Kentucky (U.S. state). By drainage basin This list is arranged by drainage basin, with respective tributaries indented under each larger stream's name. All rivers in Kentucky flow to the Mississippi River, nearly all by virtue of flowing to its major tributary, the Ohio River. Also listed are some important tributaries to the few Kentucky rivers that originate in, or flow through, other states. Mississippi River * Obion Creek Mayfield Creek Ohio River * Goose Creek * Massac Creek *Tennessee River Clarks River Blood River * Cumberland River **Little River Red River Obey River (Tennessee) * Wolf River Big South Fork of the Cumberland River Rockcastle River Laurel River Clear Fork * Tradewater River *Green River Panther Creek Pond River Rough River Mud River Barren River * Gasper River Little Reedy Creek Big Reedy Creek Bear Creek Nolin River Little ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR:** [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	River A river is a natural flowing watercourse, usually freshwater, flowing towards an ocean, sea, lake or another river. In some cases, a river flows into the ground and becomes dry at the end of its course without reaching another body of water. Small rivers can be referred to using names such as creek, brook, rivulet, and rill. There are no official definitions for the generic term river as applied to geographic features, although in some countries or communities a stream is defined by its size. Many names for small rivers are specific to geographic location; examples are "run" in some parts of the United States, "burn" in Scotland and northeast England, and "beck" in northern England. Sometimes a river is defined as being larger than a creek, but not always: the language is vague. Rivers are part of the water cycle. Water generally collects in a river from precipitation through a drainage basin from surface runoff and other sources such as groundwater recharge, spr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Obey River The Obey River is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed June 8, 2011 tributary of the Cumberland River in the U.S. state of Tennessee. It joins the Cumberland River near the town of Celina, which is generally considered to be the Cumberland's head of navigation. Via the Cumberland and Ohio rivers, the Obey River is part of the Mississippi River watershed. Near its mouth, the Obey is impounded by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Dale Hollow Reservoir, site of a fish hatchery run by the federal government. This dam impounds the Obey for essentially its entire length, causing slack water well up both major tributaries, the East and West Forks. This lake is relatively deep due to the height of the dam and the depth of the gorges through which the Obey and its tributaries flowed; the impoundment also enters Kentucky in its Wolf River and Sulphur Creek embayments. Below the dam the stream makes two sharp bends ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Gasper River The Gasper River is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed June 13, 2011 river in southwestern Kentucky, United States. It flows northeasterly into the Barren River. It is a rural river; the only community near it is unincorporated Hadley in Warren County. It begins in northeast Logan County, and the river also flows through Warren and Logan counties. Tributaries include Belcher, Salt Lick, Brush, Clear Fork, Westbrook, and Rock House creeks. It is about wide and has a few small rapids. It is considered a mid-difficulty stream for canoeing. The name, "Gasper River," is a corruption of "Casper's River," as clearly named on John Filson's map of Kentucky (1784), and bears the namesake of Kasper/Casper Mansker, longhunter and pioneer of Kentucky and Tennessee. Mansker's Station was located due south near present-day Goodlettsville, Tennessee. At the confluence with the Barren River is Sally's Rock, used as a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Barren River The Barren River is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed June 13, 2011 river in western Kentucky, United States. It is the largest tributary of the Green River, which drains more of Kentucky than any other river. The Barren River rises near the Tennessee border in Monroe County and flows into the Green in northeast Warren County Warren County is the name of fourteen counties in the USA. Some are named after General Joseph Warren, who was killed in the Battle of Bunker Hill in the American Revolutionary War: * Warren County, Georgia * Warren County, Illinois * Warren County .... The drainage basin consists of south-central Kentucky and north-central Tennessee. Historically, this waterway was depicted as the “Big Barren River” in early surveys and documents to distinguish it from the Little Barren River. At Greencastle, KY, the river has a mean annual discharge of 2,501 cubic feet per second. See als ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Mud River (Kentucky) The Mud River is a tributary of the Green River in western Kentucky in the United States. Via the Green and Ohio rivers, it is part of the Mississippi River watershed. It is about long.U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map accessed June 13, 2011 Course The Mud rises about east of Russellville and flows generally northward, through Logan County and forming the border between Muhlenberg and Butler counties. It joins the Green River at the town of Rochester. At Huntsville, KY, the river has a mean annual discharge of 350 cubic feet per second. Browning Mill Pond The Mud River was home to the Browning Mill Pond. A grist mill there was powered by the flow of the river. The site is located about northeast of Russellville on Highway 1040, also known as Coopertown Road. The old rock dam is still visible, although almost dismantled due to spring-time flooding and age. Even though its demise was years ago, water still ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Rough River The Rough River is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map accessed June 13, 2011 tributary of the Green River in west-central Kentucky in the United States. It's located about 70 miles southwest of Louisville, and flows through Breckinridge, Hardin, Grayson, and Ohio counties. Via the Green and Ohio rivers, it is part of the watershed of the Mississippi River.DeLorme (2005). ''Kentucky Atlas & Gazetteer''. Yarmouth, Maine: DeLorme. . According to the Geographic Names Information System, it has also been known historically as "Rough Creek". In the 1950s it was dammed, creating Rough River Lake. Wildlife Rough River has an immense amount of terrestrial wildlife, which includes amphibians, mammals, and birds. Because of the diverse amount of habitats, hundreds of different species live along the lake. The Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife has licensed thousands of acres of land dedicated to wildlife. There a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Pond River The Pond River is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map accessed June 13, 2011 tributary of the Green River in western Kentucky in the United States.Columbia Gazetteer of North America entry Via the Green and Ohio rivers, it is part of the watershed of the Mississippi River . The Pond River rises in central Todd Cou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Panther Creek (Kentucky) Panther Creek may refer to: Streams Florida * Panther Creek (Florida), a tributary of East Bay River, near Navarre, Florida Idaho * Panther Creek (Idaho), a tributary of the Salmon River (Idaho) Illinois * Panther Creek (Mackinaw River), a tributary of the Mackinaw River * Panther Creek (North Fork Embarras River), a tributary of the North Fork Embarras River * Jim Edgar Panther Creek State Fish and Wildlife Area, in Cass County Iowa * Panther Creek (Iowa), a tributary of the Raccoon River Missouri * Panther Creek (Blackwater River) * Panther Creek (Brush Creek tributary) * Panther Creek (Caldwell County) * Panther Creek (Cape Girardeau County) * Panther Creek (East Fork Grand River) * Panther Creek (James River) * Panther Creek (Osage Fork Gasconade River) * Panther Creek (Osage River) * Panther Creek (Polk County) New York * Panther Creek (Schoharie Creek tributary) Pennsylvania * Panther Creek (Little Schuylkill River), a tributary of the Little Schuylkill ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Green River (Kentucky) The Green River is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map , accessed June 13, 2011 tributary of the Ohio River that rises in Lincoln County in south-central Kentucky. Tributaries of the Green River include the Barren River, the Nolin River, the Pond River and the Rough River. The river was named after Nathanael Greene, a general of the American Revolutionary War. History Following the Revolutionary War, many veterans staked claims along the Green River as payment for their military service. The river valley also attracted several vagrants, earning it the dubious nickname Rogue's Harbor. In 1842, the Green River was canalized, with a series of locks and dams being built to create a navigable channel as far inland as Bowling Green, Kentucky. Four locks and dams were constructed on the Green River, and one lock and dam was built on the Barren River, a tributary that passed through Bowling Green. During the Ameri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Tradewater River The Tradewater River is a tributary of the Ohio River, approximately long,U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map accessed May 13, 2011 in western Kentucky in the United States. It drains an area of in the limestone hills south of Evansville, Indiana, between the basins of the Cumberland River on the west and the Green River on the east.Kleber, John E. (ed.) (1992). ''The Kentucky Encyclopedia'', p. 892. The University Press of Kentucky. . Description It rises in northern Christian County, approximately north of Hopkinsville. It flows generally northwest in a tight meandering course, past Pennyrile Forest State Resort Park, where a tributary is impounded to form Lake Beshear just upstream from its mouth on the Tradewater. It flows past Dawson Springs and joins the Ohio from the southeast approximately southwest of Sturgis. At Providence, the Tradewater has a mean annual discharge of 1,070 cubic feet per second. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Clear Fork (Cumberland River Tributary) The Clear Fork is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed June 8, 2011 tributary of the Cumberland River in Kentucky and Tennessee. By the Cumberland and Ohio rivers, it is part of the Mississippi River watershed. The Clear Fork rises in Bell County, Kentucky, just north of the Tennessee state line. It flows west-southwest, crossing into Claiborne County, Tennessee, and passing the village of Clairfield. Turning more to the northwest, it crosses into Whitley County, Kentucky, and continues to the Cumberland River just east of Williamsburg. The river is paralleled by Tennessee State Route 90 for much of its upper course, then by U.S. Route 25W and Tennessee State Route 9 to the Kentucky border. In Kentucky, the river valley is used by U.S. Route 25W and Interstate 75. See also List of rivers of Kentucky List of rivers of Tennessee This is a list of rivers of the U.S. state of Tennessee: By drainage bas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Laurel River The Laurel River is a tributary of the Cumberland River in southeast Kentucky in the United States. The river drains a rural region in the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains, in parts of Whitley and Laurel Counties. The town of Corbin is located on the river about east of its mouth on the Cumberland, and near the confluence with a major tributary, the Little Laurel River. The river is impounded near its mouth by Laurel River Dam, which forms Laurel River Lake. Completed in 1974 by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the dam and reservoir serve mainly for flood control, although some hydroelectricity Hydroelectricity, or hydroelectric power, is electricity generated from hydropower (water power). Hydropower supplies one sixth of the world's electricity, almost 4500 TWh in 2020, which is more than all other renewable sources combined an ... is also produced. The river was likely named for thick growth of laurel along its banks. See also * List of rivers of Kentuck ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]