The Strawberry River is a
tributary
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of the
Black River, about long, in northern
Arkansas
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in the
United States
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.
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rivers, it is part of the watershed
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* Drainage divide, the line that separates neighbouring drainage basins
* Drainage basin, called a "watershe ...
of the Mississippi River
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.
The Strawberry River rises in eastern Fulton County Fulton County is the name of eight counties in the United States of America. Most are named for Robert Fulton, inventor of the first practical steamboat:
*Fulton County, Arkansas, named after Governor William Savin Fulton
*Fulton County, Georgia
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and flows generally southeastwardly through Izard, Sharp
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and Lawrence
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* Lawrence Technological University, a university in Southfield, Michigan, United States
* Lawrence University, a liberal arts university in Appleton, Wisconsin, United States
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counties; it joins the Black River in the northeastern extremity of Independence County,DeLorme
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(2004). ''Arkansas Atlas & Gazetteer''. Yarmouth, Maine: DeLorme. north of Tuckerman.[ A minor ]headwater
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Definition
The ...
tributary of the Strawberry River is known as the Little Strawberry River.
See also
* List of Arkansas rivers
List of rivers in Arkansas (U.S. state).
For a list of dams and reservoirs in Arkansas, see List of Arkansas dams and reservoirs Rivers are listed by drainage basin, by size, and alphabetically.
By drainage basin
This list is arranged by drainage ...
References
Rivers of Arkansas
Rivers of Fulton County, Arkansas
Bodies of water of Independence County, Arkansas
Bodies of water of Izard County, Arkansas
Bodies of water of Lawrence County, Arkansas
Bodies of water of Sharp County, Arkansas
Tributaries of the Black River (Arkansas–Missouri)
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