- Little River (Red River)
The Little River is a
tributary of the Red River, about 220 mi (355 km) long, in southeasternOklahoma and southwesternArkansas in theUnited States . Via the Red, it is part of the watershed of theMississippi River .Course
The Little River rises in southwestern
Le Flore County, Oklahoma , in theOuachita Mountains and flows westwardly into Pushmataha County, then southwardly into McCurtain County where it turns to flow southeastwardly, past Wright City and through theLittle River National Wildlife Refuge and a portion of theOuachita National Forest , into Arkansas, where it flows through or along the boundaries of Sevier, Little River and Hempstead Counties, past thePond Creek National Wildlife Refuge . It enters the Red River on the common boundary of Little River and Hempstead Counties, about 1 mi (2 km) west of Fulton.Dam s of theU.S. Army Corps of Engineers cause the Little River to formPine Creek Lake in Oklahoma andMillwood Lake in Arkansas.Principal tributaries of the Little River in Oklahoma include the
Glover River and theMountain Fork , both of which join it in McCurtain County. In Arkansas, it receives the Rolling Fork Gnis2|73372 and theCossatot 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.ee also
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List of Arkansas rivers
*List of Oklahoma rivers External links
* [http://www.fws.gov/southwest/refuges/oklahoma/littleriver/index.html Little River National Wildlife Refuge website]
* [http://www.swl.usace.army.mil/parks/millwood/ Millwood Lake website]
* [http://www.swt.usace.army.mil/recreat/OPSField.CFM?tblOPSField__LakeName=Pine%20Creek%20Lake Pine Creek Lake website]
* [http://www.fws.gov/southeast/PondCreek/index.html Pond Creek National Wildlife Refuge website]References
* [http://reference.allrefer.com/gazetteer/L/L05064-little-river.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.
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