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The '''Russell Fork'''<ref>{{gnis|502524}}, 1975 Board on Geographic Names decision</ref> is a {{convert|51.9|mi|km|adj=mid|-long}}<ref name=NHD>U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. [http://viewer.nationalmap.gov/viewer/ The National Map], accessed June 13, 2011</ref> tributary of the [[Levisa Fork]] in southwestern [[Virginia]] and southeastern [[Kentucky]] in the [[United States]]. Known for its whitewater, it rises in the [[Appalachian Mountains]] of [[southwest Virginia]], in southern [[Buchanan County, Virginia|Buchanan County]] at the base of [[Big A Mountain]], and flows northwest into [[Dickenson County, Virginia|Dickenson County]]. The Russell Fork continues to flow through the town of [[Haysi, Virginia]], the [[Breaks Interstate Park]], and the town of [[Elkhorn City, Kentucky]], in [[Pike County, Kentucky|Pike County]], where it flows into the Levisa Fork which, together with the [[Tug Fork]], form the [[Big Sandy River (Ohio River)|Big Sandy River]]. |
The '''Russell Fork'''<ref>{{gnis|502524}}, 1975 Board on Geographic Names decision</ref> is a {{convert|51.9|mi|km|adj=mid|-long}}<ref name=NHD>U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. [http://viewer.nationalmap.gov/viewer/ The National Map], accessed June 13, 2011</ref> tributary of the [[Levisa Fork]] in southwestern [[Virginia]] and southeastern [[Kentucky]] in the [[United States]]. Known for its whitewater, it rises in the [[Appalachian Mountains]] of [[southwest Virginia]], in southern [[Buchanan County, Virginia|Buchanan County]] at the base of [[Big A Mountain]], and flows northwest into [[Dickenson County, Virginia|Dickenson County]]. The Russell Fork continues to flow through the town of [[Haysi, Virginia]], the [[Breaks Interstate Park]], and the town of [[Elkhorn City, Kentucky]], in [[Pike County, Kentucky|Pike County]], to the community of [[Millard, Kentucky]] where it flows into the Levisa Fork which, together with the [[Tug Fork]], form the [[Big Sandy River (Ohio River)|Big Sandy River]]. |
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The Russell Fork[1] is a 51.9-mile-long (83.5 km)[2] tributary of the Levisa Fork in southwestern Virginia and southeastern Kentucky in the United States. Known for its whitewater, it rises in the Appalachian Mountains of southwest Virginia, in southern Buchanan County at the base of Big A Mountain, and flows northwest into Dickenson County. The Russell Fork continues to flow through the town of Haysi, Virginia, the Breaks Interstate Park, and the town of Elkhorn City, Kentucky, in Pike County, to the community of Millard, Kentucky where it flows into the Levisa Fork which, together with the Tug Fork, form the Big Sandy River.
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[edit]- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Russell Fork, 1975 Board on Geographic Names decision
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map, accessed June 13, 2011
- USGS Hydrologic Unit Map - State of Virginia (1974)
- Salmon, Emily J.; Edward D. C. Campbell, Jr., eds. (1994). The Hornbook of Virginia History (4th ed.). Richmond, VA: Virginia Office of Graphic Communications. ISBN 0-88490-177-7.