St. Francis River

St. Francis River
The St. Francis River at Lake City, Arkansas is placid and silt-laden.
Map of the St. Francis River watershed. The Castor/Whitewater headwaters (darker shade on the map) were historically part of the St. Francis watershed but are now diverted to the Mississippi.
Location
Country	United States
State	Missouri, Arkansas
Region	Ozark Plateau, Mississippi Alluvial Plain
District	St. Francois Mountains, Crowleys Ridge
Cities	Farmington, Missouri, Fisk, Missouri, Lake City, Arkansas, Marked Tree, Arkansas
Physical characteristics
Source	Elephant Rocks State Park
• location	Iron County, St. Francois Mountains, Ozark Plateau, Missouri
• elevation	1,568 ft (478 m)
Mouth	Mississippi River
• location	Near Helena-West Helena, Phillips County, Mississippi Alluvial Plain, Arkansas
• coordinates	34°37′28″N 90°35′31″W / 34.62444°N 90.59194°W / 34.62444; -90.59194[1]
• elevation	171 ft (52 m)[1]
Length	426 mi (686 km)
Basin size	7,550 sq mi (19,600 km2)[2]
Discharge
• location	Latitude of Wittsburg
• average	8,976 cu ft/s (254.2 m3/s)[3]
Basin features
Tributaries
• left	Little St. Francis River, 12-Mile Creek, Blue Spring, Mingo Ditch, Little River
• right	Stouts Creek, Marble Creek, Big Creek, Otter Creek, L'Anguille River

The St. Francis River is a tributary of the Mississippi River, about 426 miles (686 km) long,^[4] in southeastern Missouri and northeastern Arkansas in the United States. The river drains a mostly rural area and forms part of the Missouri-Arkansas state line along the western side of the Missouri Bootheel.