White River (Arkansas)

The White River at Des Arc, Arkansas

Map of the catchment area of the White River

White River in Flippin, AR

The White River ( English for " White River ") is a 1162 km long tributary of the Mississippi River, which flows through the U.S. states of Arkansas and Missouri.

Run

The source of the White River is located in the Boston Mountains in northwestern Arkansas, in the Ozark -St. Francis National Forest southeast of Fayetteville. The upper portions of the river are fast flowing, cold and clear and so well known for its trout. From the source of the river first flows northward in the north-west of Arkansas. He then goes through an arc through the southwest Missouri in Branson to Arkansas and then follows up to its confluence with the Mississippi River a southeast course.

The cities of Batesville and Newport lie on its banks.

After the flow has reached near Batesville in the valley of the Mississippi River, the river is navigable for shallow-water ships, and its flow rate increases from recognizable. In the past about 15 kilometers to the mouth, the river is the final section of the McClellan- Kerr Arkansas River Navigation System; This channel portion is deeper than the rest of the flow.

The average water flow is 741 m³ / s, at high water 3721 m³ / s have been measured.

Expansion of the river

A plan to deepen the river above the McClellan- Kerr - segment and thus to make navigable, is controversial and the part of many residents of Arkansas denied. The lower river is home to many wild animals, including bears, pheasants, songbirds and more than 160 species of fish belong. In the lower reaches of the river wintering mallards. Fears that expanding the navigability of the river and damages the ecostructure tourism negatively affected preclude economic hopes.

Lake Taneycomo was created in 1913 when the Empire District Electric Company south of Forsyth built a dam. Beaver Lake, Bull Shoals Lake, and Table Rock Lake are water tanks that were built by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers due to the Flood Control Act of 1938. A total of eight dams tame the upper reaches of the White River, six of them in Arkansas and two in Missouri. In the lower reaches is the White River National Wildlife Refuge.

Tributaries

Among the tributaries of the White River include Cache River, Bayou of Arc, Little Red River, Black River, North Fork River, Buffalo River, James River and Roaring River.