Poor Fork (Cumberland River)

Poor Fork
Physical characteristics
River mouth 1,148 ft (350 m)[1]
Length 45 mi (72 km)
Basin features
Progression Cumberland—Ohio—Mississippi

The Poor Fork is a 45-mile (72 km)[2] 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 the Appalachian Mountains, on the Kentucky–Virginia border, generally southwest to its confluence about a mile (1.6 km) north of Harlan.

See also

References

  1. 1 2 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Poor Fork (Cumberland River)
  2. ↑ "USGS National Atlas Streamer". United States Geological Survey. Archived from the original on 2014-05-28. Retrieved 2013-11-09.

Coordinates: 36°51′35″N 83°19′33″W / 36.85981°N 83.32574°W / 36.85981; -83.32574


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