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The Forks Of Troublesome
The Forks of Troublesome, more simply The Forks, are the Left Fork and Right Fork fork (river), tributaries of Troublesome Creek (North Fork Kentucky River), Troublesome Creek in what is now Knott County, Kentucky. This was the name of the place where they met until the city of Hindman, Kentucky, Hindman was established as the county seat in April 1884, and the name used in the Act of the Kentucky General Assembly that established Knott County. At the time, The Forks was in Letcher County, Kentucky. Left Fork is long, amd Right Fork is long. Early settlers in the area were Samuel Cornett who had a home and a watermill on Left Fork, followed by the families of Peyton M. Duke and Anderson Hays. Tributaries and other locations What is now Hindman is upstream along Troublesome Creek from its mouth, at an altitude (measured at the town courthouse steps) of * Upstream, the major tributaries are: ** Right Fork at an altitude of *** Baker Branch upstream at an altitude of *** ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fork (river)
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. PhysicalGeography.net, Michael Pidwirny & Scott ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
