Poor Fork (Cumberland River tributary)
Tributary of the Cumberland river in Kentucky / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Poor Fork is a 45-mile (72 km)[3] tributary of the Cumberland River in Letcher and Harlan Counties, southeast Kentucky, in the United States.[1] The river flows from its source at Flat Gap in Letcher County, on the Kentucky–Virginia border, generally southwest to where it meets Martin's Fork in Baxter to form the Cumberland River.
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Poor Fork | |
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Physical characteristics | |
Mouth | |
• elevation | 1,148 ft (350 m)[1] |
Length | 45 mi (72 km) |
Discharge | |
• location | Cumberland, Kentucky |
• average | 147 cu/ft. per sec.[2] |
Basin features | |
Progression | Cumberland–Ohio–Mississippi |
Tributaries | |
• right | Looney Creek |
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