Salt Fork Of The Red River

	Salt Fork Of The 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 Canyon W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
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picture info	Mangum, Oklahoma Mangum is a city in and county seat of Greer County, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 2,762 as of the 2020 United States census. Mangum was originally part of Old Greer County in the Texas panhandle. The community was named for A. S. Mangum, who owned the land on which the town was founded in 1882. It became part of the Oklahoma Territory in 1896, and thus part of the state of Oklahoma on November 16, 1907. Bielich, Peggy Crabb. "Mangum." ''Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture''. Retrieved March 19, 2014. History Beginning in 1876, the nearby Great Western Cattle Trail was used to driv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Tributaries Of The Red River Of The South A tributary, or an ''affluent'', is a stream or river that flows into a larger stream ('' main stem'' or ''"parent"''), river, or a lake. A tributary does not flow directly into a sea or ocean. Tributaries, and the main stem river into which they flow, drain the surrounding drainage basin of its surface water and groundwater, leading the water out into an ocean, another river, or into an endorheic basin. The Irtysh is a chief tributary of the Ob river and is also the longest tributary river in the world with a length of . The Madeira River is the largest tributary river by volume in the world with an average discharge of . A confluence, where two or more bodies of water meet, usually refers to the joining of tributaries. The opposite to a tributary is a distributary, a river or stream that branches off from and flows away from the main stream. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Rivers Of Texas The list of rivers of Texas is a list of all named waterways, including rivers and streams that partially pass through or are entirely located within the U.S. state of Texas. Across the state, there are 3,700 named streams and 15 major rivers accounting for over of waterways. All of the state's waterways drain towards the Mississippi River, the Texas Gulf Coast, or the Rio Grande, with mouths located in seven major estuaries. Seasonal and restrictive waterways * Aransas River * Armand Bayou * Arroyo Colorado * Attoyac Bayou * Austin Bayou * Barton Creek Bastrop Bayou Bedias Creek * Beech Creek * Big Cow Creek * Big Cypress Bayou * Big Cypress Creek * Big Mineral Creek * Big Pine Creek * Big Sandy Creek * Bois D'Arc Creek * Buffalo Bayou Caney Creek (Red River tributary) Catfish Creek * Cedar Bayou * Chacon Creek * Cibolo Creek * Clear Creek * Coffee Mill Creek * Coleto Creek * Comal River * Buffalo Soldier Draw * Denton Creek * Dickinson Bayou * Double Bayou, East Fork ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Rivers Of Oklahoma This is a list of rivers in the U.S. state, state of Oklahoma, listed by drainage basin, alphabetically, and by size. In mean flow of water per second, the Arkansas River, Arkansas is Oklahoma's largest river, followed by the Red River of the South, 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 Red River of the South, Red River Little River (Red River tributary), Little River *Mountain Fork Glover River Kiamichi River *Buck Creek (Kiamichi River tributary), Buck Creek Muddy Boggy Creek *Clear Boggy Creek Blue River (Oklahoma), Blue River Island Bayou (Oklahoma), Island Bayou Washita River *Wildhorse Creek (Oklahoma), Wildhorse Creek Little Washita River Beaver Creek (Oklahoma), Beaver Creek Cache Creek (Oklahoma), Cache Creek Cache Creek (Oklahoma)#East Cache Creek , East Cache Creek Cache ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR:** [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	White River (Texas) The White River is an intermittent stream in the South Plains of Texas and a tributary of the Brazos River of the United States. It rises west of Floydada in southwestern Floyd County at the confluence of Callahan Draw and Running Water Draw. From there, it runs southeast for to its mouth on the Salt Fork Brazos River in northwestern Kent County. Besides these two headwaters, which rise near Hale Center and in Curry County, New Mexico, respectively, other tributaries include Pete, Crawfish, and Davidson Creeks. The White River drains an area of . The river runs through Blanco Canyon, which it carved as it descends from the Llano Estacado. On October 9, 1871, Col. Ranald S. Mackenzie fought Quanah Parker in the Battle of Blanco Canyon on the river. South of the canyon, in far southeastern Crosby County, it was dammed in 1963 to create a lake, the White River Reservoir, which provides water for the towns of Post, Spur, Crosbyton, and Ralls. The river was known ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Yellow House Canyon Yellow House Canyon is about long, heading in Lubbock, Texas, at the junction of Blackwater Draw and Yellow House Draw, and trending generally southeastward to the edge of the Llano Estacado about east of Slaton, Texas; it forms one of three major canyons along the east side of the Llano Estacado and carries the waters of the North Fork Double Mountain Fork Brazos River.United States Board on Geographical Names. 1964. Decisions on Geographical Names in the United States, Decision list no. 6402, United States Department of the Interior, Washington DC, p. 51-52. The name has an XIT Ranch heritage, according to Gary and Margaret Kraisinger, in that "the yellow cliffs which from a distance resembled houses with open doors." Within the city limits of Lubbock Yellow House Canyon remains a narrow and shallow channel with a typical width of less than and a typical depth of not more than . The city of Lubbock has constructed a series of small dams forming several narrow lakes, co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Salt Fork Brazos River The Salt Fork Brazos River is a braided, highly intermittent stream about long, heading along the edge of the Llano Estacado about east-southeast of Lubbock, Texas. From its source, it flows generally east-southeastward to join the Double Mountain Fork Brazos River, Double Mountain Fork to form the Brazos River about west-northwest of Haskell, Texas.United States Board on Geographical Names. 1964. Decisions on Geographical Names in the United States, Decision list no. 6402, United States Department of the Interior, Washington DC, p. 53. The Salt Fork stretches across portions of Crosby County, Texas, Crosby, Garza County, Texas, Garza, Kent County, Texas, Kent, and Stonewall County, Texas, Stonewall counties of West Texas. Geography The Salt Fork Brazos River begins as a dry channel (draw) near the edge of the Llano Estacado in Crosby County, about southwest of the cotton gin in the small farming community of Cap Rock, Texas. From the edge of the Caprock Escarpment, the stre ... [...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, Texas, Canyon in Randall County, Texas, and flowing east-southeastward to the Red River of the South, Red River about east of the 100th meridian west, 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, Texas, Randall County, about northeast of Canyon, Texas. The stream initially runs northeastward then southeastward across Randal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Palo Duro Canyon Palo Duro Canyon is a canyon system of the Caprock Escarpment located in the Texas Panhandle near the cities of Amarillo and Canyon. The second largest canyon system in the United States, it is roughly long and has an average width of , but reaches a width of at places. Its depth is around , but in some locations, valley bottom to surrounding hills increases to . Palo Duro Canyon (from the Spanish meaning "hard stick") has been named "The Grand Canyon of Texas" both for its size and for its dramatic geological features, including the multicolored layers of rock and steep mesa walls, which are similar to those in the Grand Canyon. It is part of Palo Duro Canyon State Park. The State Park had 442,242 visitors in 2022. Geology The canyon was formed by the Prairie Dog Town Fork Red River, which initially winds along the level surface of the Llano Estacado of West Texas, then suddenly and dramatically runs off the Caprock Escarpment. Water erosion over the millennia has sh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	List Of Texas Rivers The list of rivers of Texas is a list of all named waterways, including rivers and streams that partially pass through or are entirely located within the U.S. state of Texas. Across the state, there are 3,700 named streams and 15 major rivers accounting for over of waterways. All of the state's waterways drain towards the Mississippi River, the Texas Gulf Coast, or the Rio Grande, with mouth (river), mouths located in seven major estuary, estuaries. Seasonal and restrictive waterways Aransas River Armand Bayou Arroyo Colorado Attoyac Bayou Austin Bayou Barton Creek Bastrop Bayou Bedias Creek Beech Creek (Texas), Beech Creek Big Cow Creek Big Cypress Bayou Big Cypress Creek Big Mineral Creek Big Pine Creek (Texas), Big Pine Creek Big Sandy Creek (Village Creek), Big Sandy Creek Bois D'Arc Creek Buffalo Bayou Caney Creek (Red River tributary) Catfish Creek (Texas), Catfish Creek Cedar Bayou Chacon Creek Cibolo Creek Clear Creek (Harris County, Texas), Clear ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR:* [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	List Of Rivers In Oklahoma 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 * 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 Maline * Lee Creek *Sans Bois Cre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR:** [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]

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