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Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Infobox river Шаблон:GeoGroup The Elk River is a Шаблон:Convert[1] tributary of the Neosho River in southwestern Missouri and northeastern Oklahoma in the United States.[2] Its tributaries also drain a small portion of northwestern Arkansas. Via the Neosho and Arkansas rivers, the Elk is part of the Mississippi River watershed.

Course

The Elk is formed by the confluence of Big Sugar Creek and Little Sugar Creek at Pineville, Missouri, and flows generally westward through McDonald County, Missouri, past the town of Noel, into Delaware County, Oklahoma, where it meets the Neosho River. Most of the river's course in Oklahoma is part of the Grand Lake o' the Cherokees, an impoundment formed by Pensacola Dam on the Neosho.[3][4] The portion of the river between the confluence of Big and Little Sugar Creeks and the dam at Noel, Missouri is a popular route for recreational canoeing, kayaking, rafting, and tubing.

Name

The river was said to have been named after elk in the area. However, it has also been reported that the name was originally Cowskin and was changed to Elk due to the influence of Steve Elkins, a local politician.[5]

See also

References

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  1. U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map Шаблон:Webarchive, accessed May 31, 2011
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  3. Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1998, First edition, p. 60, Шаблон:ISBN
  4. Oklahoma Atlas & Gazetteer, Delorme, 1st ed. 1998, p. 27, Шаблон:ISBN
  5. Шаблон:Cite web