Big South Fork River | |
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Location of the river mouth in Kentucky | |
Location | |
Country | United States |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | |
• location | Confluence of the New River and the Clear Fork in Scott County, Tennessee. |
• elevation | 1,004 ft (306 m)[1] |
Mouth | |
• location | Confluence with the Cumberland River near Burnside, Kentucky |
• coordinates | 36°58′01″N 84°36′19″W / 36.967083°N 84.605291°W |
• elevation | 722 ft (220 m)[2] |
Length | 76 miles (122 km)[2] |
The Big South Fork of the Cumberland River is a 76-mile-long (122 km)[3] river in the U.S. states of Tennessee and Kentucky. It is a major drainage feature of the Cumberland Plateau, a major tributary of the Cumberland River system, and the major feature of the Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area.