Salt Fork Red River
| Salt Fork Red River | |
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Salt Fork Red River, Collingsworth County, Texas
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| Country |  United States |
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| State |  Texas  Oklahoma |
| City nearest to source | Claude, Texas |
| Location | Texas Panhandle, Western Oklahoma |
| Head | 2.9 km north of Claude, Texas |
| - location | Armstrong County, Texas |
| - elevation | 1,041 m (3,415 ft) |
| - coordinates | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. [1] |
| Mouth | 21 km south of Altus, Oklahoma |
| - location | Jackson County, Oklahoma |
| - elevation | 383 m (1,257 ft) |
| - coordinates | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. [1] |
| Length | 311 km (193 mi) |
| Basin | 5,180 km2 (2,000 sq mi) [2] |
| Website: Handbook of Texas: Salt Fork Red River | |
The Salt Fork Red River is a sandy-braided stream about 311 km (193 mi) long, heading on the Llano Estacado of West Texas about 2.9 km (1.8 mi) north of Claude of Armstrong County, Texas, flowing east across the Texas Panhandle and Western Oklahoma to join the Prairie Dog Town Fork Red River about 21 km (13 mi) south of Altus of Jackson County, Oklahoma.[3]
Contents
Course
The Salt Fork Red River rises in northeastern Carson County, Texas at coordinates 35°09' N, 101°21' W. It flows southeast across Donley and Collingsworth County, Texas. Crossing into Oklahoma at the 100th meridian, it flows through Harmon County and Greer County, Oklahoma. It turns south near Mangum, Oklahoma and flows through central Jackson County, Oklahoma to its confluence with the Prairie Dog Town Fork Red River about 16 miles (26 km) northwest of Vernon, Texas.[3]
See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Salt Fork Red River
- ↑ Seaber, P.R., Kapinos, F.P. and Knapp, G.L. 1987. Hydrological unit maps. United States Department of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey Water-Supply Paper 2294, p. 44.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
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