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  • 21 Aug, 2019

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Barren River
The Barren River is a 135-mile-long (217 km) river in Southcentral Kentucky, United States, and a tributary of the Green River. The watershed of the Green River is the largest of the twelve major river watersheds in Kentucky. 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” in early surveys and documents to distinguish it from the Little Barren River.

At Greencastle, Kentucky, the river has a mean annual discharge of 2,501 cubic feet per second.

The Barren River, bridged by Old Louisville Rd near Bowling Green.

See also

References

  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Barren River
  2. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Green River
  3. ^ U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Louisville District. “Green River Watershed Section 729 Initial Watershed Assessment, November 2011.” (p. 6). https://www.lrl.usace.army.mil/Portals/64/docs/CWProjects/GreenRiverStudy.pdf Date Accessed March 16, 2023.
  4. ^ Arterburn, Charles R. A Forgotten Town Remembered: Pikesville of Monroe County, Kentucky. Lexington, Kentucky: C.R. Arterburn, 2014. (pp.102-109)
  5. ^ 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.
  6. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Little Barren River
  7. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Greencastle (Kentucky)
  8. ^ Elbon, David C. “Greencastle, Kentucky.” Kentucky Atlas & Gazetteer. 2023. https://www.kyatlas.com/ky-green-castle.html Date Accessed March 17, 2023.
  9. ^ "USGS Surface Water data for Kentucky: USGS Surface-Water Annual Statistics".

37°10′49″N 86°37′23″W / 37.18028°N 86.62306°W / 37.18028; -86.62306


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