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List Of Oklahoma Rivers
This is a list of rivers in the state of Oklahoma, listed by drainage basin, alphabetically, and by size. In mean flow of water per second, the Arkansas is Oklahoma's largest river, followed by the Red River and the Neosho River. By drainage basin This list is arranged by drainage basin, with respective tributaries indented under each larger stream's name. Mississippi River Red River *''Mississippi River (LA)'' ** Red River *** Little River **** Mountain Fork **** Glover River *** Kiamichi River **** Buck Creek ***Muddy Boggy Creek ****Clear Boggy Creek *** Blue River *** Island Bayou ***Washita River **** Wildhorse Creek **** Little Washita River *** Beaver Creek *** Cache Creek **** East Cache Creek **** West Cache Creek ***** Deep Red Creek *** North Fork Red River **** Sweetwater Creek **** Elm Fork Red River *** Salt Fork Red River *** Prairie Dog Town Fork Red River Arkansas River *''Mississippi River (AR)'' **Arkansas River *** Poteau River **** James Fork **** Fourche ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oklahoma
Oklahoma (; Choctaw: ; chr, ᎣᎧᎳᎰᎹ, ''Okalahoma'' ) is a state in the South Central region of the United States, bordered by Texas on the south and west, Kansas on the north, Missouri on the northeast, Arkansas on the east, New Mexico on the west, and Colorado on the northwest. Partially in the western extreme of the Upland South, it is the 20th-most extensive and the 28th-most populous of the 50 United States. Its residents are known as Oklahomans and its capital and largest city is Oklahoma City. The state's name is derived from the Choctaw words , 'people' and , which translates as 'red'. Oklahoma is also known informally by its nickname, " The Sooner State", in reference to the settlers who staked their claims on land before the official opening date of lands in the western Oklahoma Territory or before the Indian Appropriations Act of 1889, which increased European-American settlement in the eastern Indian Territory. Oklahoma Territory and Indian Territo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Little Washita River
The Little Washita River is situated generally between Chickasha and Lawton in southwestern Oklahoma. Its watershed comprises about 236 square miles (611 square kilometers) over parts of Caddo, Comanche, and Grady counties. The Little Washita is a tributary of the Washita River, and joins that watercourse southeast of Chickasha. The Washita River then drains into the Red River on the Oklahoma-Texas Texas (, ; Spanish: ''Texas'', ''Tejas'') is a state in the South Central region of the United States. At 268,596 square miles (695,662 km2), and with more than 29.1 million residents in 2020, it is the second-largest U.S. state by ... border. Popular species of fish caught in the Little Washita include Blue catfish, Channel catfish, and Longnose gar. References Rivers of Oklahoma {{Oklahoma-river-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sallisaw Creek
Sallisaw Creek is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map accessed June 3, 2011 tributary of the Arkansas River in far eastern Oklahoma Oklahoma (; Choctaw: ; chr, ᎣᎧᎳᎰᎹ, ''Okalahoma'' ) is a state in the South Central region of the United States, bordered by Texas on the south and west, Kansas on the north, Missouri on the northeast, Arkansas on the east, New .... Its source is between Taylor and Doublehead mountains just south of Stilwell in Adair County. It flows in a southwestern direction through southern Adair County and central Sequoyah County before it empties into Robert S. Kerr Lake on the Arkansas River. The creek has four large tributaries. Greasy Creek meets Sallisaw Creek in southern Adair County, while Dry Creek and Brushy Creek join Sallisaw Creek near Marble City in northern Sequoyah County, and Little Sallisaw Creek flows into Robert S. Kerr Lake as it meets Sallisaw Creek. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sans Bois Creek
Sans Bois Creek is the major east/west drainage basin in Haskell County, Oklahoma. It starts about midway between Wilburton and Quinton, and flows generally northeast to Robert S. Kerr Reservoir on the Arkansas River. “Sans bois” is a French phrase meaning “without wood.” The Sans Bois Mountains lie across the southern part of Haskell County, as well as northern Latimer County, Oklahoma. Popular species of fish caught in Sans Bois Creek include Largemouth bass, Common carp, and Blue catfish. Several Civil War skirmishes were fought around Sans Bois Creek. Little Sans Bois Creek Sans Bois Creek is not to be confused with Little Sans Bois Creek. That watercourse starts northeast of Stigler, Oklahoma Stigler is a city in and county seat of Haskell County, Oklahoma. The population was 2,685 at the time of the 2010 census, down from 2,731 recorded in 2000. History At the time of its founding, Newman, later Stigler, was located in Sans Bois Co ... and flows gene ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lee Creek (Arkansas)
Lee Creek is a river in Arkansas and Oklahoma which starts near West Fork in Washington County, Arkansas, and flows south to the Arkansas River passing through Crawford County, Arkansas, and Sequoyah County, Oklahoma. Lee Creek flows from Arkansas into Oklahoma, then returns to Arkansas before its confluence with the Arkansas River near Van Buren and Fort Smith. Lee Creek is also known as Lee's Creek, mostly in Oklahoma where it is classified by the State of Oklahoma as a State Scenic River. In Arkansas upstream of the Oklahoma border, Lee Creek is classified by the State of Arkansas as an Extraordinary Resource Waterway. Crossings * Lee Creek Bridge (Natural Dam, Arkansas) * Lee Creek Bridge (Van Buren, Arkansas) See also * Butterfield Overland Mail Route Lee Creek Road Segment *List of rivers of Arkansas 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, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fourche Maline
Fourche Maline (pronounced foosh-ma-lean) (''Bad Fork'', French) is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed June 3, 2011 tributary of the Poteau River in Oklahoma. The headwaters of Fourche Maline are in the Sans Bois Mountains in northwest Latimer County. It flows southwestward through Robbers Cave State Park, then southeastward past Wilburton before turning eastward until it reaches the Poteau River in Le Flore County. Fourche Maline's confluence with the Poteau River is now submerged in Lake Wister, about south of the confluence. The distance from origin to confluence is about [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Fork
The James Fork is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map , accessed June 3, 2011 river in the U.S. states of Arkansas and Oklahoma, forming on the north slope of Poteau Mountain in the Ouachita National Forest in Arkansas and flowing north and west into the Poteau River near Panama, Oklahoma. Via the Poteau and Arkansas rivers, the James Fork is part of the Mississippi River watershed. The settlements of Hartford, Midland, and Hackett, Arkansas are on or near the river. Portions of the Mansfield Branch of the St. Louis-San Francisco Railway and the main line of the Midland Valley Railroad were built alongside the river. References *United States Geological Survey topographic map In modern mapping, a topographic map or topographic sheet is a type of map characterized by large- scale detail and quantitative representation of relief features, usually using contour lines (connecting points of equal elevation), bu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Poteau River
The Poteau River is a 141-mile (227 km)U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map accessed June 3, 2011 long river located in the U.S. states of Arkansas and Oklahoma. It is the only river in Oklahoma that flows north and is the seventh largest river in the state. It is a tributary of the Arkansas River, which itself is a tributary of the Mississippi River. During the Indian Territory period prior to Oklahoma's statehood (1838-1906), the stream served as the boundary between Skullyville County and Sugar Loaf County, two of the counties making up the Moshulatubbee District of the Choctaw Nation. Poteau River also serves as the border between the states of Arkansas and Oklahoma for 1 mile to the South of Fort Smith. This gives 57 acres of land to Arkansas that would have been an exclave of the Choctaw nation in 1905, when it was handed over to Arkansas. Etymology ''Poteau'' is the French word for " post" and it is belie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prairie Dog Town Fork Red River
Prairie Dog Town Fork Red River is a sandy-braided stream about long, formed at the confluence of Palo Duro Creek and Tierra Blanca Creek, about northeast of Canyon in Randall County, Texas, and flowing east-southeastward to the Red River about east of the 100th meridian, south-southwest of Hollis, Oklahoma.United States Board on Geographical Names. 1960. Decisions on Geographical Names in the United States and Puerto Rico, Decisions rendered in May, June, July, and August, 1959, Decision list no. 5903, United States Department of the Interior, Washington DC, p. 51. Geography The Prairie Dog Town Fork Red River is the southernmost of two major forks which form the headwaters of the Red River. It begins as an ephemeral stream on the level surface of the Llano Estacado in Randall County, about northeast of Canyon, Texas. The stream initially runs northeastward then southeastward across Randall County, flowing through Palo Duro Canyon, where it is fed by springs, providing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Salt Fork Red River
The Salt Fork Red River is a sandy-braided stream about long, heading on the Llano Estacado of West Texas about north of Claude of Armstrong County, Texas, flowing east across the Texas Panhandle and Western Oklahoma to join the Red River about south of Altus of Jackson County, Oklahoma. Course The Salt Fork Red River rises in northern Armstrong County, Texas just to the south of Carson County, Texas. It flows southeast across Donley and Collingsworth County, Texas. Crossing into Oklahoma at the 100th meridian, it flows through Harmon County and Greer County, Oklahoma. It turns south near Mangum, Oklahoma and flows through central Jackson County, Oklahoma to its confluence with the Red River about northwest of Vernon, Texas or south of Altus. See also *Double Mountain Fork Brazos River *Geography of Oklahoma *List of rivers in Oklahoma * List of Texas rivers *Llano Estacado * Palo Duro Canyon * Prairie Dog Town Fork Red River * Salt Fork Brazos River *Yellow House Cany ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elm Fork Red River
The Elm Fork Red River is a river in Oklahoma. It flows into the North Fork of the Red River near Quartz Mountain State Park Quartz Mountain State Park is located in southwest Oklahoma at the western end of the Wichita Mountains, east of Mangum, Oklahoma and north of Altus, Oklahoma. The nearest community is Lone Wolf, Oklahoma, about northeast of the park. It is op ..., about ten miles east of Mangum, Oklahoma. External links *United States Geological SurveySource of Elm Fork Red(accessed January 9, 2007). *United States Geological SurveyMouth of Elm Fork Red River(accessed January 9, 2007). Oklahoma Digital Maps: Digital Collections of Oklahoma and Indian Territory* Rivers of Oklahoma Tributaries of the Red River of the South Bodies of water of Greer County, Oklahoma {{Oklahoma-river-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sweetwater Creek (Gray County, Texas)
Sweetwater Creek is a stream in the Texas Panhandle and western Oklahoma. It is a tributary to the North Fork of the Red River. The stream headwaters arise in northern Gray County, Texas at northeast of Laketon and southeast of Miami at an elevation of 3010 feet. The stream flows southeast into Wheeler County southwest of Mobeetie and under Texas State Highway 152 and U.S. Route 83 and through the southwest corner Roger Mills County, Oklahoma, and into Beckham County, Oklahoma, southwest of Sweetwater, Oklahoma. The stream turns south and southwest to enter the North Fork of the Red River 2.5 miles from the Oklahoma-Texas line. The confluence is at and an elevation of 1978 ft. The confluence is 6.5 miles northwest of Erick, Oklahoma on I-40. Sweetwater Creek is central to the range of the southern buffalo herd. Along its banks were located favored hunting camps of Plains tribes, such as the Comanche and Kiowa. The encroachment of American hide hunters at Sweetwater Creek was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
