Barren River
Template:Short description Template:Use American English The Barren River[1] is a Script error: No such module "convert". river in Southcentral Kentucky, United States, and a tributary of the Green River.[2] The watershed of the Green River is the largest of the twelve major river watersheds in Kentucky.[3] The Barren River rises near the Tennessee border in Monroe County and flows into the Green in northeast Warren County. The drainage basin consists of Southcentral Kentucky and north-central Tennessee.
Historically, this waterway was depicted as the “Big Barren River”[1] in early surveys and documents[4][5] to distinguish it from the Little Barren River.[6]
At Greencastle, Kentucky,[7][8] the river has a mean annual discharge of 2,501 cubic feet per second.[9]
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- ↑ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Script error: No such module "If empty".
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- ↑ U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Louisville District. “Green River Watershed Section 729 Initial Watershed Assessment, November 2011.” (p. 6). [1] Date Accessed March 16, 2023.
- ↑ Arterburn, Charles R. A Forgotten Town Remembered: Pikesville of Monroe County, Kentucky. Lexington, Kentucky: C.R. Arterburn, 2014. (pp.102-109)
- ↑ Jillson, Willard Rouse and Kentucky. The Kentucky Land Grants: A Systematic Index to All of the Land Grants Recorded in the State Land Office at Frankfort Kentucky 1782-1924. Standard Printing Company Incorporated, 1925.
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- ↑ Elbon, David C. “Greencastle, Kentucky.” Kentucky Atlas & Gazetteer. 2023. https://www.kyatlas.com/ky-green-castle.html Date Accessed March 17, 2023.
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