The Eleven Point River is a river in southern

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and northern

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, United States.

Eleven Point

While the river originates near

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, it is generally a losing stream upstream of the confluence with the Middle Fork of the Eleven Point near Thomasville, Missouri. It more than doubles in flow when Greer Spring Branch runs into it, adding over of water per day to the river. The name derives from the Mississippi Valley French word ''pointe'', which is a wooded point of land marking a river bend. ''

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s'' marked distance by counting these points of land or river bends. The river flows into the Spring River southwest of

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near the small town of Black Rock. In 1968 a stretch was named the

Eleven Point National Wild and Scenic River The Eleven Point National Wild and Scenic River is a stretch of the spring (hydrosphere), spring-fed Eleven Point River in the Ozarks of southern Missouri set aside through eminent domain for preservation by United States Congress, Congress in 1 ...

, one of the original eight rivers chosen to be part of the

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s System.

Pine Hollow

Pine Hollow is a

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in Oregon County in the

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. Pine Hollow was so named for the pine trees that grow in the valley.

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External links

Eleven Point River Resource PageEleven Point River ConservancyFriends of the Eleven Point River
Rivers of Missouri Rivers of Arkansas Bodies of water of the Ozarks Tributaries of the White River (Arkansas–Missouri) Rivers of Randolph County, Arkansas Rivers of Howell County, Missouri Rivers of Oregon County, Missouri Wild and Scenic Rivers of the United States Valleys of Oregon County, Missouri Valleys of Missouri {{Arkansas-river-stub

Eleven Point

Pine Hollow

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