South Fork Kentucky River

Name: South Fork Kentucky River
Water system: Ohio River
Water type: River
Progression: Kentucky River -> Ohio River -> Mississippi River -> Gulf of Mexico -> Atlantic Ocean -> Planet Earth
Climates: Temperate
Continents: North America
Countries: United States of America

South Fork Kentucky River is a river in Kentucky in the United States.

It is a fork of the Kentucky River that it joins just downstream of Beattyville.

It is approximately 30 mi (48 km) long.

It was not originally named South Fork.

Two of its three major tributaries are the forks at its head, the Red Bird River and Goose Creek, whose confluence is at Oneida.

Before the 19th century, Goose Creek also incorporated what is today known as South Fork Kentucky River.

It flows generally north in a highly meandering course through the mountainous Cumberland Plateau region.

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