Eleven Point River
| Eleven Point River | |
|---|---|
| File:Eleven Point River, Missouri (6019795024).jpg Eleven Point River, May 2018 | |
| File:MO locator ONSR + EP NWSR.png Location of the Eleven Point Wild and Scenic River shown in green; nearby Ozark National Scenic Riverways in red | |
| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Missouri, Arkansas |
| Region | Ozark Plateau, Mississippi Alluvial Plain |
| Cities | Willow Springs, Thomasville |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | |
| • location | Willow Springs, Howell County, Ozark Plateau, Missouri |
| Mouth | Spring River |
• location | Black Rock, Arkansas, Randolph County, Mississippi Alluvial Plain, Arkansas |
| Discharge | |
| • location | Ravenden Springs, Arkansas |
| • average | 1,171 cu/ft. per sec.[1] |
| Basin features | |
| Tributaries | |
| • left | Spring Creek, Hurricane Creek |
| • right | Middle Creek, Greer Spring, Frederick Creek, Blue Spring |
| Type | Scenic |
| Designated | October 2, 1968 |
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The Eleven Point River is a 138-mile-long (222 km)[2] river in southern Missouri and northern Arkansas, United States.
Eleven Point
[edit | edit source]While the river originates near Willow Springs, Missouri, it is generally a losing stream upstream of the confluence with the Middle Fork of the Eleven Point near Thomasville, Missouri.[3] It more than doubles in flow when Greer Spring Branch runs into it, adding over 200 million US gallons (760,000 m3) of water per day to the river. The name derives from the Mississippi Valley French word pointe, which is a wooded point of land marking a river bend. Voyageurs marked distance by counting these points of land or river bends.[4] The river flows into the Spring River southwest of Pocahontas near the small town of Black Rock.
In 1968 a 44.4-mile (71.5 km) stretch was named the Eleven Point National Wild and Scenic River, one of the original eight rivers chosen to be part of the United States National Wild and Scenic Rivers System.
Pine Hollow
[edit | edit source]Pine Hollow is a valley in Oregon County in the U.S. state of Missouri.[5] Pine Hollow was so named for the pine trees that grow in the valley.[6]
See also
[edit | edit source]References
[edit | edit source]- ^ USGS data
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map Archived 2012-03-29 at the Wayback Machine, accessed March 9, 2011
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- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Eleven Point River
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Eleven Point River
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External links
[edit | edit source]- Eleven Point River Resource Page
- National Park Service
- Eleven Point River Conservancy
- Friends of the Eleven Point River
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- Rivers of Missouri
- Rivers of Arkansas
- Bodies of water of the Ozarks
- Tributaries of the White River (Arkansas–Missouri)
- Rivers of Randolph County, Arkansas
- Rivers of Howell County, Missouri
- Rivers of Oregon County, Missouri
- Wild and Scenic Rivers of the United States
- Valleys of Oregon County, Missouri
- Valleys of Missouri
- Ozark region, Missouri, river stubs
- Arkansas river stubs