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The Salt Fork Red River is a sandy-braided stream about long, heading on the
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of
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about north of Claude of
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, flowing east across the Texas Panhandle and
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to join the Red River about south of Altus of
Jackson County, Oklahoma Jackson County is a county located in the southwestern corner of the U.S. state of Oklahoma. As of the 2020 census, the population was 24,785. Its county seat is Altus. According to the ''Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture'', the c ...
.


Course

The Salt Fork Red River rises in northern
Armstrong County, Texas Armstrong County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2020 census, the population of Armstrong County was 1,848. It is in the Texas Panhandle and its county seat is Claude. As of the 2020 census, its population was 1, ...
just to the south of Carson County, Texas. It flows southeast across Donley and Collingsworth County, Texas. Crossing into
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at the 100th meridian, it flows through Harmon County and
Greer County, Oklahoma Greer County is a county located along the southwest border of the U.S. state of Oklahoma. As of the 2020 census, the population was 5,491. Its county seat is Mangum. From 1860 to 1896, the state of Texas claimed an area known as Greer Cou ...
. It turns south near
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 ...
and flows through central
Jackson County, Oklahoma Jackson County is a county located in the southwestern corner of the U.S. state of Oklahoma. As of the 2020 census, the population was 24,785. Its county seat is Altus. According to the ''Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture'', the c ...
to its confluence with the Red River about northwest of
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or south of Altus.


See also

* Double Mountain Fork Brazos River *
Geography of Oklahoma The Geography of Oklahoma encompasses terrain and ecosystems ranging from arid plains to subtropical forests and mountains. Oklahoma contains 10 distinct ecoregion, ecological regions, more per square mile than in any other state by a wide mar ...
* List of rivers in Oklahoma *
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 ac ...
*
Llano Estacado The Llano Estacado (), sometimes translated into English as the Staked Plains, is a region in the Southwestern United States that encompasses parts of eastern New Mexico and northwestern Texas. One of the largest mesas or tablelands on the North A ...
* Palo Duro Canyon *
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 th ...
* Salt Fork Brazos River * Yellow House Canyon * White River (Texas)


References


External links


Handbook of TexasOklahoma Digital Maps: Digital Collections of Oklahoma and Indian Territory
Rivers of Oklahoma Rivers of Texas Tributaries of the Red River of the South Rivers of Armstrong County, Texas Rivers of Jackson County, Oklahoma {{Texas-river-stub