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All rivers with average discharge more than 15,000 cubic feet per second are listed. Estimates are approximate, because data are variable with time period measured and also because many rivers lack a gauging station near their point of outflow.
Arkansas River is discussed at the end of this article. "Arkansas, a S. W. river of the United States" . The American Cyclopædia. 1879. "Historic Floods Along Arkansas River," (which mostly describes effects, on normal flows, of climate, geology, and human diversions of the river and its waters), Kansas Water Science Center, USGS.
White River Drainage Basin. Mississippi River. White River. Arkansas Post Canal; La Grue Bayou; Big Creek; Cache River. Bayou De View; Bayou des Arc; Little Red River
The Arkansas General Assembly established the Arkansas History Commission through the Act of 1905 signed by Governor Jeff Davis on April 27. [2] Aligned with Department of Parks and Tourism since 1971, it was transferred to the Department of Arkansas Heritage on July 1, 2016, and renamed Arkansas State Archives.
Water in Arkansas is an important issue encompassing the conservation, protection, management, distribution and use of the water resource in the state. Arkansas contains a mixture of groundwater and surface water, with a variety of state and federal agencies responsible for the regulation of the water resource.
Six of seven streamgages along the Arkansas River surveyed by the United States Geological Survey (USGS) in Arkansas recorded their highest streamflows on record. The flooding was considered a 1 in 200 year event near Van Buren, Arkansas , where the river reached a peak streamflow of 570,000 cu ft/s (16,000 m 3 /s).
Big Piney Creek is a river located in Ozark National Forest in the state of Arkansas. It is a tributary of the Arkansas River and therefore part of the Mississippi River watershed. Managed by the United States Forest Service , it flows for 70.8 miles (113.9 km) [ 4 ] through Pope , Johnson and Newton counties. [ 2 ]
The Little Red River was the home of the world-record brown trout (40 pounds 4 ounces (18.3 kg)) from 1992 until 2009. [ citation needed ] Because cold water flows from beneath the dam, many native warm-water fish are no longer plentiful.