The Grand River is an alternate name for the lower section of the

Neosho River The Neosho River is a tributary of the Arkansas River in eastern Kansas and northeastern Oklahoma in the United States. Its tributaries also drain portions of Missouri and Arkansas. The river is about long.U.S. Geological Survey. National ...

, a tributary of the

Arkansas River The Arkansas River is a major tributary of the Mississippi River. It generally flows to the east and southeast as it traverses the U.S. states of Colorado, Kansas, Oklahoma, and Arkansas. The river's source basin lies in the western United Stat ...

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. "Grand River" refers to the section of river below the confluence of the Neosho and

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rivers in Ottawa County near

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. It empties into the Arkansas northeast of Muskogee, just downstream from the confluence of the

Verdigris River The Verdigris River is a tributary of the Arkansas River in southeastern Kansas and northeastern Oklahoma in the United States. It is about long.U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, ...

with the Arkansas. The area of convergence of the three rivers Arkansas, Verdigris and Neosho are called "Three Forks". The river is impounded by Grand Lake, Lake Hudson, and Fort Gibson Reservoir. The

Grand River Dam Authority The Grand River Dam Authority (GRDA) is an agency of the state of Oklahomcreated to control, develop, and maintain the Grand River (Oklahoma), Grand River waterway. It was created by the Oklahoma state legislature in 1935, and is headquartered in ...

administers the river.Oklahoma Statutes: Grand River Dam Authority - Agency Status - Mission - Authority - Expenses
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References

Grand River Dam Authority
(accessed March 26, 2007) * Holway, W.R.br>"Dams on the Grand River"
''Chronicles of Oklahoma'' 26:3 (1948) 329-334. (accessed March 26, 2007)
82 O.S.8§,861A–Oklahoma Statutes Citationized
(accessed March 26, 2007)

External links

Source of Grand River–TopoQuest

Mouth of Grand River–TopoQuest

Three Rivers Museum

Oklahoma Digital Maps: Digital Collections of Oklahoma and Indian Territory
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