Little River (Red River)
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| Country | United States of America |
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| States | Oklahoma, Arkansas |
| Part of | Red River (Mississippi watershed) |
 Map of the Little River watershed
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The Little River is a tributary of the Red River, about 222 miles (357 km) long,[1] in southeastern Oklahoma and southwestern Arkansas in the United States. Via the Red, it is part of the watershed of the Mississippi River.
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[edit] Course
The Little River rises in southwestern Le Flore County, Oklahoma, in the Ouachita Mountains, and flows westwardly into Pushmataha County, then southwardly into McCurtain County where it turns to flow southeastwardly, past Wright City and through the Little River National Wildlife Refuge and a portion of the Ouachita National Forest, into Arkansas, where it flows through or along the boundaries of Sevier, Little River and Hempstead counties, past the Pond Creek National Wildlife Refuge. It enters the Red River on the common boundary of Little River and Hempstead counties, about 1 mile (1.6 km) west of Fulton.
Dams of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers cause the Little River to form Pine Creek Lake in Oklahoma and Millwood Lake in Arkansas.
Principal tributaries of the Little River in Oklahoma include the Glover River and the Mountain Fork, both of which join it in McCurtain County. In Arkansas, it receives the Rolling Fork[2] and the Cossatot River from the north in Sevier County; and the Saline River, which flows to Millwood Lake from the north on the boundary of Sevier and Howard counties.
Pine Creek Lake in Oklahoma divides the upper reaches from the lower reaches of the Little River.[3]
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map, accessed June 3, 2011
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- ^ Southwest Paddlers, "Little River report", available via http://southwestpaddler.com/docs/littleok.html.
- Columbia Gazetteer of North America entry
- DeLorme (2004). Arkansas Atlas & Gazetteer. Yarmouth, Maine: DeLorme. ISBN 978-0-89933-345-8.
- DeLorme (2003). Oklahoma Atlas & Gazetteer. Yarmouth, Maine: DeLorme. ISBN 978-0-89933-283-3.
- U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Little River
[edit] External links
- Little River National Wildlife Refuge website
- Millwood Lake website
- Pine Creek Lake website
- Pond Creek National Wildlife Refuge website
- Rivers of Arkansas
- Rivers of Oklahoma
- Geography of Hempstead County, Arkansas
- Geography of Le Flore County, Oklahoma
- Geography of Little River County, Arkansas
- Geography of McCurtain County, Oklahoma
- Geography of Pushmataha County, Oklahoma
- Geography of Sevier County, Arkansas
- Tributaries of the Red River (Mississippi River)
