Current River (Missouri)
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The Current River is a tributary of the Black River, approximately 225 mi (362 km) long, in southeastern Missouri and northeastern Arkansas in the United States. It drains a rural area of the eastern Ozark Mountains underlain by limestone bluffs. Since 1964, over 100 mi (160 km) of the upper course of the river and its tributaries in Shannon and Carter counties in Missouri has been federally protected as part of the Ozark National Scenic Riverways.
It is formed in Dent County in southeastern Missouri by the junction of Pigeon Creek and Montauk Spring and flows southeast for 44 miles (70 km), past Montauk State Park, and across Shannon County. It receives the Jacks Fork River from the west near Eminence. It becomes navigable for small craft aprox. 3 miles SE of 19 Hwy (NE of Eminence). In central Carter County near Van Buren it receives Big Spring approximately 30 mi (48 km) downstream.
It flows south through the Mark Twain National Forest, crossing into Arkansas. Across the state line the river becomes slow and silt laden. It joins the Black (a tributary of the White River in the Mississippi watershed) approximately 10 mi (16 km) south of the state line near Pochahontas. It is navigable for barges to the town of Pigott.
See also
External links
- Ozark National Scenic Riverways (http://www.nps.gov/ozar/)