The North Fork River or the North Fork of White River (Its official name is "North Fork River"; "North Fork of White River" is a recognized variant.) is a tributary of the White River, into which it flows near Norfork, Arkansas. It rises in the southwest corner of Texas County, at the southeast margin the city of Mountain Grove, and flows generally southwards through the southwest corner of Texas, eastern Douglas and Ozark counties. It flows through

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and gathers the waters of many streams, including its major tributary, Bryant Creek. The watershed includes major portions of eastern Douglas and Ozark counties and includes portions of Webster,

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and Howell counties in Missouri.North Fork of the White River Watershed Missouri, 2001, Missouri Department of Conservation
/ref> South of Tecumseh, Missouri, the river becomes Norfork Lake, a reservoir created by

Norfork Dam Norfork Dam impounds the North Fork River (Missouri - Arkansas), North Fork River in the U.S. state of Arkansas, creating Norfork Lake. The large reservoir is maintained by the United States Army Corps of Engineers and spans Baxter County, Arkans ...

in Baxter County, Arkansas. A few miles below the dam, the North Fork River joins the White River near the town of Norfork, Arkansas.''Arkansas Atlas & Gazetteer,'' DeLorme, 2nd ed., 2004, p. 26, The part of the river below the Norfork Dam is called the Norfork Tailwater and is a

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stream.

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Norfork Lake Chamber of Commerce

Rivers of Missouri Rivers of Arkansas Bodies of water of the Ozarks Tributaries of the White River (Arkansas–Missouri) Rivers of Baxter County, Arkansas Rivers of Texas County, Missouri Rivers of Douglas County, Missouri Rivers of Ozark County, Missouri Ozarks {{Arkansas-river-stub