Barren River
The Barren River is a 135-mile-long (217 km)[1] river in western Kentucky, United States. It is the largest tributary of the Green River, which drains more of Kentucky than any other river.[citation needed] The Barren River rises near the Tennessee border in Monroe County and flows into the Green in northeast Warren County. The drainage basin consists of south-central Kentucky and north-central Tennessee.
Historically, this waterway was depicted as the “Big Barren River” in early surveys and documents to distinguish it from the Little Barren River.[2]
At Greencastle, KY, the river has a mean annual discharge of 2,501 cubic feet per second.[3]
See also
References
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map Archived 2012-03-29 at the Wayback Machine, accessed June 13, 2011
- ^ Arterburn, Charles R. A Forgotten Town Remembered: Pikesville of Monroe County, Kentucky. Lexington, Kentucky: C.R. Arterburn, 2014.
- ^ "USGS Surface Water data for Kentucky: USGS Surface-Water Annual Statistics".
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