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Eleven Point River

Coordinates: 36°9′3″N 91°4′57″W / 36.15083°N 91.08250°W / 36.15083; -91.08250
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Eleven Point River
Eleven Point River, May 2018
Location of the Eleven Point Wild and Scenic River shown in green; nearby Ozark National Scenic Riverways in red
Location
CountryUnited States
StateMissouri, Arkansas
RegionOzark Plateau, Mississippi Alluvial Plain
CitiesWillow Springs, Thomasville
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • locationWillow Springs, Howell County, Ozark Plateau, Missouri
MouthSpring River
 • location
Black Rock, Arkansas, Randolph County, Mississippi Alluvial Plain, Arkansas
Discharge 
 • locationRavenden Springs, Arkansas
 • average1,171 cu/ft. per sec.[1]
Basin features
Tributaries 
 • leftSpring Creek, Hurricane Creek
 • rightMiddle Creek, Greer Spring, Frederick Creek, Blue Spring
TypeScenic
DesignatedOctober 2, 1968

The Eleven Point River is a 138-mile-long (222 km)[2] river in southern Missouri and northern Arkansas, United States.

Eleven Point

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While the river originates near Willow Springs, Missouri, it is generally a losing stream upstream of the confluence with the Middle Fork of the Eleven Point near Thomasville, Missouri.[3] It more than doubles in flow when Greer Spring Branch runs into it, adding over 200 million US gallons (760,000 m3) of water per day to the river. The name derives from the Mississippi Valley French word pointe, which is a wooded point of land marking a river bend. Voyageurs marked distance by counting these points of land or river bends.[4] The river flows into the Spring River southwest of Pocahontas near the small town of Black Rock.

In 1968 a 44.4-mile (71.5 km) stretch was named the Eleven Point National Wild and Scenic River, one of the original eight rivers chosen to be part of the United States National Wild and Scenic Rivers System.

Pine Hollow

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Pine Hollow is a valley in Oregon County in the U.S. state of Missouri.[5] Pine Hollow was so named for the pine trees that grow in the valley.[6]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ USGS data
  2. ^ U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map Archived 2012-03-29 at the Wayback Machine, accessed March 9, 2011
  3. ^ "The National Map - Advanced Viewer".
  4. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Eleven Point River
  5. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Eleven Point River
  6. ^ "Oregon County Place Names, 1928–1945". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved November 24, 2016.
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36°9′3″N 91°4′57″W / 36.15083°N 91.08250°W / 36.15083; -91.08250