Fourche River

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Fourche River
Fourche River
Location
Country United States
State Arkansas, Missouri
Physical characteristics
Sourcenear Poynor, Missouri
  coordinates 36°31′05″N90°57′01″W / 36.51806°N 90.95028°W / 36.51806; -90.95028
Mouth Pocahontas, Arkansas
  coordinates
36°16′03″N90°57′01″W / 36.26750°N 90.95028°W / 36.26750; -90.95028
  elevation
246 ft (75 m)
Length32.4 mi (52.1 km)

The Fourche River is a tributary of the Black River in Northeast Arkansas and ending in Randolph County, Arkansas near Pocahontas at its confluence with the Black River. [1] The source is the confluence of Fourche Creek and the west Fork of the Fourche Creek in Ripley County, Missouri. [2] [3] The Fourche River flows for 32.4 miles (52.1 km) in Missouri and Arkansas. [4]

Other streams in Arkansas with similar names include the Fourche La Fave River that joins the Arkansas River near Bigelow, Arkansas and the Fourche Creek south of Little Rock, Arkansas.

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References

  1. Arkansas Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 2004, 2nd edition, p. 28, ISBN   0-89933-345-1
  2. GNIS data
  3. Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1998, First edition, p. 66, ISBN   0-89933-224-2
  4. U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map Archived 2012-03-29 at the Wayback Machine , accessed March 9, 2011