River Styx (Green River)

River Styx
The River Styx emerges from the cave system
Data
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
muzzle	in the Green River coordinates: 37 ° 11 ′ 13 "  N , 86 ° 6 ′ 38"  W 37 ° 11 ′ 13 "  N , 86 ° 6 ′ 38"  W.
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