Levisa Fork | |
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Location | |
Country | United States |
State | Kentucky, Virginia |
Counties | Buchanan VA, Pike KY, Floyd KY, Johnson KY, Lawrence KY |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | Gap of Sandy |
• location | Buchanan County, VA |
• coordinates | 37°09′06″N 81°54′04″W / 37.15167°N 81.90111°W |
• elevation | 2,657 ft (810 m)[1] |
Mouth | Big Sandy River[2] |
• location | Louisa, KY |
• coordinates | 38°07′05″N 82°36′06″W / 38.11806°N 82.60167°W |
• elevation | 545 ft (166 m) |
Length | 164 mi (264 km)[3] |
Discharge | |
• location | Pikeville, KY[4] |
• average | 1,504 cu ft/s (42.6 m3/s)[4] |
• minimum | 66 cu ft/s (1.9 m3/s) |
• maximum | 85,500 cu ft/s (2,420 m3/s) |
The Levisa Fork (also known as the Levisa Fork River or the Levisa Fork of the Big Sandy River) is a tributary of the Big Sandy River, approximately 164 miles (264 km) long,[3] in southwestern Virginia and eastern Kentucky in the United States.