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This is a list of rivers in the state of Oklahoma, listed by drainage basin, alphabetically, and by size. In mean flow of water per second, the Arkansas is Oklahoma's largest river, followed by the Red River and the Neosho River .
The North Canadian River is a river, 440 miles (710 km) long, [4] in Oklahoma in the United States. It is a tributary of the Canadian River , draining an area of 17,955 square miles (46,500 km 2 ) [ 5 ] in a watershed that includes parts of northeastern New Mexico and the Texas Panhandle .
Salt Fork Arkansas River; Salt Fork Red River; Sans Bois Creek; Seneca Creek (New Mexico/Oklahoma) Skeleton Creek (Oklahoma) South Carrizo Creek; Spavinaw Creek; Spring Creek (Beaver River Tributary) Spring Creek (Neosho River Tributary) Spring River (Missouri) Sugar Creek (Caddo County, Oklahoma) Sweetwater Creek (Gray County, Texas)
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This is a non-diffusing subcategory of Category:Rivers of Oklahoma. It includes rivers that can also be found in the parent category, or in diffusing subcategories of the parent. This is a container category .
Oklahoma has sixty-two oxbow lakes above 10 acres (0.040 km 2) in size. The largest, near the Red River in McCurtain County is 272 acres (1.10 km 2). The prolonged drought that started in 1930 and created the condition called the "Dust Bowl", led to the construction of a great many reservoirs throughout the state.
The river is a major source of tourism in the area. In 1999, it was estimated to have brought in approximately 500,000 tourists and $9 million to the Oklahoma section of the river. The upper section and its tributaries, Flint Creek and the Baron Fork, became a designated Scenic River under the Oklahoma Scenic Rivers Act in 1977.
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