Pond River

Pond River

The Pond River is a tributary of the Green River DeLorme (2005). "Kentucky Atlas & Gazetteer". Yarmouth, Maine: DeLorme. ISBN 0-89933-340-0. ] , about 65 mi (105 km) long, in western Kentucky in the United States [http://www.bartleby.com/69/18/P06618.html Columbia Gazetteer of North America entry] ] . Via the Green and Ohio Rivers, it is part of the watershed of the Mississippi River .

The Pond River rises in central Todd County and flows generally north-northwestwardly , along the boundaries of Muhlenberg, Christian, Hopkins and McLean Counties to the Green River, which it joins from the south about 5 mi (8 km) west-southwest of the town of Calhoun .

At the common boundary of Christian, Hopkins and Muhlenberg Counties, it collects the short West Fork Pond River [ Gnis|506444|West Fork Pond River ] . Upstream of this confluence, the Pond River has also been known as the East Fork Pond River [ Gnis|501053|Pond River ] .

ee also

*List of Kentucky rivers

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