River Styx (Green River)
River Styx | ||
The River Styx emerges from the cave system |
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Water code | US : 504618 | |
location | Mammoth Cave National Park , Kentucky | |
River system | Mississippi River | |
Drain over | Green River → Ohio River → Mississippi River → Gulf of Mexico | |
source | in Mammoth Cave National Park 37 ° 11 ′ 14 ″ N , 86 ° 6 ′ 30 ″ W |
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muzzle | in the Green River coordinates: 37 ° 11 ′ 13 " N , 86 ° 6 ′ 38" W 37 ° 11 ′ 13 " N , 86 ° 6 ′ 38" W.
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length | 200 m |
The River Styx is a creek in Edmonson County , Kentucky . It is an outflow of the cave system in Mammoth Cave National Park and named after the mythological river Styx of the Greek underworld.
The stream emerges a few hundred meters west of the visitor center. Its course above ground is extremely short. After a good 200 meters the River Styx flows into the Green River .
Web links
River Styx (Green River) in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey