Bennetts River 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 northern

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and southern

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. The stream source is in

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southeast of Hocomo on

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. It flows south to the west of

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and crosses under

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. The stream flows south into

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 turns to a westerly direction northwest of

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. The stream crosses Arkansas Route 87 just south of Vidette and flows into

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 ...

, and on into 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 ...

(

Bennetts Bayou Bennetts Bayou is a stream in the U.S. states of Arkansas and Missouri. The stream source is in Howell County, Missouri, just south of US Route 160 west of Hocomo. The stream flows southwest into Ozark County, Missouri, and under Missouri Route 1 ...

) across from the Gamaliel Campground. Bennetts River has the name of 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 Missouri Rivers of Arkansas {{Missouri-river-stub

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