Martins Fork is a
river in
Bell
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and
Harlan Counties in
Kentucky
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in the
United States
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.
The river flows east and north from its source in the
Cumberland Mountains
The Cumberland Mountains are a mountain range in the southeastern section of the Appalachian Mountains. They are located in western Virginia, southwestern West Virginia, the eastern edges of Kentucky, and eastern middle Tennessee, including the ...
, a subrange of the
Appalachian Mountains
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, to its confluence with the
Clover Fork at
Harlan. The confluence marks the official beginning of the
Cumberland River
The Cumberland River is a major waterway of the Southern United States. The U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed June 8, 2011 river drains almost of southern Kentucky and ...
.
See also
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Martins Fork Lake
Martins Fork Lake is a reservoir in Harlan County, Kentucky. The lake was impounded from the Martins Fork in 1979 by the United States Army Corps of Engineers
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List of rivers of Kentucky
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 o ...
References
Rivers of Kentucky
Tributaries of the Cumberland River
Rivers of Bell County, Kentucky
Rivers of Harlan County, Kentucky
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