Martin's Fork (Cumberland River tributary)

Martins Fork is a 32-mile (51 km)[3] river in Bell and Harlan Counties in Kentucky in the United States.[1] The river flows east and north from its source in the Cumberland Mountains, a subrange of the Appalachian Mountains, to its confluence with the Poor Fork at Baxter. The confluence marks the official beginning of the Cumberland River.

Martins Fork
Martin's Fork Lake
Physical characteristics
Mouth 
 • location
Harlan, Kentucky
 • coordinates
36°50′42″N 83°19′27″W / 36.84500°N 83.32417°W / 36.84500; -83.32417
 • elevation
1,158 ft (353 m)[1]
Length32 mi (51 km)
Discharge 
 • locationHarlan, Kentucky
 • average243 cu/ft. per sec.[2]
Basin features
ProgressionCumberlandOhioMississippi

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Martin's Fork (Cumberland River tributary)
  2. ^ "USGS Surface Water data for Kentucky: USGS Surface-Water Annual Statistics".
  3. ^ "USGS National Atlas Streamer". United States Geological Survey. Archived from the original on 2014-05-28. Retrieved 2013-11-09.