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Elk River (Oklahoma)

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GNIS ID
  
1092538

Mouth
  
Neosho River

Cities
  
Noel, Pineville

Length
  
56 km

Country
  
United States of America

Main source
  
Confluence of Big Sugar Creek and Little Sugar Creek near Pineville, Missouri 860 ft (260 m)

River mouth
  
Confluence with the Neosho River in Delaware County, Oklahoma 741 ft (226 m)

Progression
  
Elk River → Neosho → Arkansas → Mississippi → Gulf of Mexico

The Elk River is a 35.2-mile-long (56.6 km) tributary of the Neosho River in southwestern Missouri and northeastern Oklahoma in the United States. Its tributaries also drain a small portion of northwestern Arkansas. Via the Neosho and Arkansas rivers, the Elk is part of the Mississippi River watershed.

Contents

Map of Elk River, Oklahoma, USA

CourseEdit

The Elk is formed by the confluence of Big Sugar Creek and Little Sugar Creek at Pineville, Missouri, and flows generally westward through McDonald County, Missouri, past the town of Noel, into Delaware County, Oklahoma, where it meets the Neosho River. Most of the river's course in Oklahoma is part of the Grand Lake o' the Cherokees, an impoundment formed by Pensacola Dam on the Neosho.

NameEdit

The river was said to have been named after elk in the area. However, it has also been reported that the name was originally Cowskin and was changed to Elk due to the influence of Steve Elkins, a local politician.

References

Elk River (Oklahoma) Wikipedia