Martins Fork | |
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Physical characteristics | |
Mouth | |
• location | Harlan, Kentucky |
• coordinates | 36°50′42″N 83°19′27″W / 36.84500°N 83.32417°W |
• elevation | 1,158 ft (353 m)[1] |
Length | 32 mi (51 km) |
Discharge | |
• location | Harlan, Kentucky |
• average | 243 cu/ft. per sec.[2] |
Basin features | |
Progression | Cumberland—Ohio—Mississippi |
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.