The Russell Fork
[, 1975 Board on Geographic Names decision] is a
[U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data]
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accessed June 13, 2011 tributary of the
Levisa Fork
The Levisa Fork (also known as the Levisa Fork River or the Levisa Fork of the Big Sandy River) is a tributary of the Big Sandy River, approximately long,U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe Nat ...
in southwestern
Virginia
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and southeastern
Kentucky
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in the
United States
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. Known for its whitewater, it rises in the
Appalachian Mountains
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of
southwest Virginia, in southern
Buchanan County at the base of
Big A Mountain, and flows northwest into
Dickenson County. The Russell Fork continues to flow through the town of
Haysi, Virginia, the
Breaks Interstate Park, and the town of
Elkhorn City, Kentucky, in
Pike County, to the community of
Millard, Kentucky where it flows into the Levisa Fork which, together with the
Tug Fork, form the
Big Sandy River.
See also
*
List of rivers of Kentucky
*
List of rivers of Virginia
*
Breaks Interstate Park
References
*USGS Hydrologic Unit Map - State of Virginia (1974)
*
External links
Russell Fork Info
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Rivers of Virginia
Landforms of Dickenson County, Virginia
Rivers of Kentucky
Rivers of Pike County, Kentucky