Prairie Dog Town Fork Red River | |
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Native name | Kecheahquehono (Comanche) |
Location | |
Country | United States |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | |
• location | Randall County, Texas |
• coordinates | 35°00′09″N 101°54′10″W / 35.00250°N 101.90278°W |
• elevation | 3,471 ft (1,058 m) |
Mouth | |
• location | Harmon County, Oklahoma |
• coordinates | 34°34′41″N 99°58′00″W / 34.57806°N 99.96667°W |
• elevation | 1,545 ft (471 m) |
Length | 120 mi (190 km) |
Basin size | 7,630 sq mi (19,800 km2) |
Basin features | |
River system | Red River |
Tributaries | |
• left | Mulberry Creek |
• right | Little Red River |
Prairie Dog Town Fork Red River (from Comanche Kecheahquehono 'Prairie Dog Town River') is a sandy-braided stream about 120 mi (193 km) long, formed at the confluence of Palo Duro Creek and Tierra Blanca Creek, about 1.8 mi (2.9 km) northeast of Canyon in Randall County, Texas, and flowing east-southeastward to the Red River about 1 mi (2 km) east of the 100th meridian, 8 mi (13 km) south-southwest of Hollis, Oklahoma.[1]