Salt Fork Arkansas River

Salt Fork Arkansas River
Map of the catchment area
Data
Water code	US :  470527
location	Kansas , Oklahoma (USA)
River system	Mississippi River
Drain over	Arkansas River  → Mississippi River  → Gulf of Mexico
source	in Comanche County, Kansas, 37 ° 10 ′ 40 "  N , 99 ° 21 ′ 48"  W
muzzle	south of Ponca City in the Arkansas River Coordinates: 36 ° 35 ′ 35 "  N , 97 ° 3 ′ 21"  W 36 ° 35 ′ 35 "  N , 97 ° 3 ′ 21"  W
Mouth height	271  m
length	309 km
Left tributaries	Medicine Lodge River , Chikaskia River
Reservoirs flowed through	Great Salt Plains Lake
The river at Tonkawa , Oklahoma

The Salt Fork Arkansas River is a 309 km long tributary of the Arkansas River in southern Kansas and northern Oklahoma and belongs to the catchment area of the Mississippi River .

course

The river has its source in Comanche County in Kansas and initially flows southeast through the Counties Barbier , Kansas and Woods , Oklahoma. In Alfalfa County , the river is dammed to form Great Salt Plains Lake .

At Alva , the river makes an arc and then flows east through Oklahoma’s Alfalfa, Grant , Kay and Noble counties to its confluence . He passes the cities of Pond Creek , Lamont and Tonkawa .

Seven kilometers south of Ponca City , the river flows into the Arkansas River.

The major tributaries of the Salt Fork Arkansas River are the Medicine Lodge River in Alfalfa County and the Chikaskia River in Kay County.

Name variants

The Geographic Names Information System gives the Salt Fork Arkansas River the following previous names:

Grand Sabine River Grand Saline River Kai it do Kits Kait Kiz pahuti hoddi Little Arkansas River Little River Ne Shudse Shunga Nesuketonga River

Red Fork Arkansas River Red Fork of Arkansas River Salt fork Salt Fork Creek Salt Fork of Arkansas River Salt Fork of the Arkansas Salt Fork of the Arkansas River Salt Fork River

Individual evidence

1. ↑ USGS - GNIS - Salt Fork Arkansas River
2. ↑ Columbia Gazetteer of North America ( Memento of the original from March 16, 2006 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
3. ↑ Salt Fork Arkansas River # 1 in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey and Salt Fork Arkansas River # 2 in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey