Current River (Ozarks)

General data

Water type: River
Progression: Black River (White River tributary) -> White River (tributary of the Mississippi) -> Mississippi River -> Gulf of Mexico -> Atlantic Ocean -> Planet Earth
Climates: Continental
Continents: North America
Countries: United States of America

Description

The Current River forms in the southeastern portion of the Ozarks of Missouri and becomes a 7th order stream as it flows southeasterly out of the Ozarks into northeastern Arkansas where it becomes a tributary of the Black River, which is a tributary of the White River, a tributary of the Mississippi River. The Current River is roughly 296 km long and drains about 6,840 km2 of land mostly in Missouri and a small portion of land in northeastern Arkansas. The headwaters of the Current River are nearly 270 m above sea level, while the mouth of the river lies around 85 m above sea level. The basin drains a rural area that is dominated by karst topography, underlain by dolomite and sandstone bedrock with a small area of igneous rock southeast of Eminence, Missouri. The annual daily mean discharge of the river near Doniphan, Missouri is 79.7 m3 per second.

Current River (Ozarks)

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