Bennetts Bayou is a

stream A stream is a continuous body of water, body of surface water Current (stream), flowing within the stream bed, bed and bank (geography), banks of a channel (geography), channel. Depending on its location or certain characteristics, a stream ...

in the

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s of

Arkansas Arkansas ( ) is a landlocked state in the South Central United States. It is bordered by Missouri to the north, Tennessee and Mississippi to the east, Louisiana to the south, and Texas and Oklahoma to the west. Its name is from the Osage ...

and

Missouri Missouri is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. Ranking List of U.S. states and territories by area, 21st in land area, it is bordered by eight states (tied for the most with Tennessee ...

. The stream source is in

Howell County, Missouri Howell County is in southern Missouri. As of the 2020 census, the population was 39,750. The largest city and county seat is West Plains. The county was officially organized on March 2, 1851, and is named after Josiah Howell, a pioneer settler i ...

, just south of US Route 160 west of Hocomo. The stream flows southwest into

Ozark County, Missouri Ozark County is a County (United States), county located in the southern portion of the U.S. state of Missouri. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the population was 8,553. The largest city and county seat is Gainesville, Missour ...

, and under

Missouri Route 142 Route 142 is a highway in southern Missouri. Its eastern terminus is at Route 53 (Missouri), Route 53 in southern Poplar Bluff, Missouri, Poplar Bluff; its western terminus is at Route 101 (Missouri), Route 101 in Bakersfield, Missouri, Bakersfi ...

on the east side of

Bakersfield Bakersfield is a city in Kern County, California, United States. It is the county seat and largest city of Kern County. The city covers about near the southern end of the San Joaquin Valley and the Central Valley region. Bakersfield's populat ...

. It then flows south through the extreme northwest corner of

Fulton County, Arkansas Fulton County is a county located in the U.S. state of Arkansas. As of the 2010 census, the population was 12,245. The county seat is Salem. Fulton County was formed on December 21, 1842, and named for William Fulton, the last governor of th ...

, and into the northwest corner of

Baxter County, Arkansas Baxter County is a county in the U.S. state of Arkansas. As of the 2020 census, the county's population was 41,627. The county seat is Mountain Home. It is Arkansas's 66th county, formed on March 24, 1873, and named for Elisha Baxter, the tent ...

. It continues to the southwest and enters the northeast arm of

Norfork Lake Norfork Dam is a large dam in northern Arkansas southeast of Mountain Home. It dams North Fork River and creates Norfork Lake. The top of the dam supports a 2-lane roadway, part of AR 177. History In the late 1930s, before construction of th ...

to the east of Gamaliel, Arkansas.''Arkansas Atlas & Gazetteer,'' DeLorme, 2004, 2nd edition, p. 26, The similarly named

Bennetts River Bennetts River is a stream in northern Arkansas and southern Missouri. The stream source is in Howell County, Missouri southeast of Hocomo on US 160. It flows south to the west of Moody, Missouri and crosses under Missouri Route 142. The stream f ...

runs subparallel to Bennetts Bayou just to the southeast. The stream source in Missouri is at and the

river mouth A river mouth is where a river flows into a larger body of water, such as another river, a lake/reservoir, a bay/gulf, a sea, or an ocean. At the river mouth, sediments are often deposited due to the slowing of the current reducing the carrying ...

in Arkansas is at . Bennetts Bayou has the name of the local Bennett family.

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Rivers of Baxter County, Arkansas Rivers of Fulton County, Arkansas Rivers of Howell County, Missouri Rivers of Ozark County, Missouri Rivers of Missouri Rivers of Arkansas {{Missouri-river-stub

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