Cumberland River
Sign in to saveriver in Kentucky and Tennessee, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Kentucky, Tennessee
- Cities
- Barbourville, KY , Williamsburg, KY , Burkesville, KY , Carthage, TN , Nashville, TN , Clarksville, TN , Dover, TN
- Source
- Confluence of the Poor Fork, Clover Fork and Martins Fork
- Location
- Harlan , Kentucky
- Coordinates
- 36°50′42″N 83°19′26″W / 36.84500°N 83.32389°W / 36.84500; -83.32389
- Elevation
- 1,158 ft (353 m)
- Mouth
- Ohio River
- Length
- 688 mi (1,107 km)
- Basin size
- 17,728 sq mi (45,920 km )
- Average
- 37,250 cu ft/s (1,055 m /s)
- Minimum
- 6,085 cu ft/s (172.3 m /s)
- Maximum
- 209,000 cu ft/s (5,900 m /s)
- Left
- Martins Fork , Clear Fork , Big South Fork , Obey River , Caney Fork River , Stones River , Harpeth River
- Right
- Clover Fork , Poor Fork , Laurel River, Rockcastle River, Red River , Little River
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
The Cumberland River is a major waterway of the Southern United States. The 688-mile-long (1,107 km) river drains almost 18,000 square miles (47,000 km) of southern Kentucky and north-central Tennessee. The river flows generally west from a source in the Appalachian Mountains to its confluence with the Ohio River near Paducah, Kentucky, and the mouth of the Tennessee River. Major tributaries include the Obey, Caney Fork, Stones, and Red Rivers.
Although the Cumberland River basin is predominantly rural, there are also some large cities on the river, including Nashville and Clarksville, both in Tennessee.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Cumberland River” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
On the map
2 mapped locations