Cumberland River
The Cumberland River is a major waterway of the Southern United States. The 688-mile (1,107 km)-long[1] river goes through 18,000 square miles (47,000 km2) of southern Kentucky and north-central Tennessee. The river flows generally west from a source in the Appalachian Mountains. It merges with the Ohio River near Paducah, Kentucky, and the mouth of the Tennessee River.
Cumberland River Media
Confluence of the Cumberland River headwater forks at Baxter
- CumberlandFallsa
Barge traffic on the Cumberland River. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers maintains the river for tug-and-barge navigation.
References
- ↑ U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map Archived 2017-08-23 at the Wayback Machine, accessed June 8, 2011
Other websites
Media related to Cumberland River at Wikimedia Commons
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