Poor Fork (Cumberland River tributary)
Appearance
Poor Fork | |
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Physical characteristics | |
Mouth | |
• elevation | 1,148 ft (350 m)[1] |
Length | 45 mi (72 km) |
Basin features | |
Progression | Cumberland—Ohio—Mississippi |
The Poor Fork is a 45-mile (72 km)[2] tributary of the Cumberland River in Letcher and Harlan Counties, southeast Kentucky, in the United States.[1] The river flows from its source at Flat Gap in the Appalachian Mountains, on the Kentucky–Virginia border, generally southwest to its confluence about a mile (1.6 km) north of Harlan.
See also
References
- ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Poor Fork (Cumberland River tributary)
- ^ "USGS National Atlas Streamer". United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2013-11-09.
36°51′35″N 83°19′33″W / 36.85981°N 83.32574°W