- Tradewater River
The Tradewater River is a tributary of the
Ohio River , approximately 132 mi (220 km) long, in westernKentucky in theUnited States . It drains an area of 932 sq mi (2425 km²) in thelimestone hills south ofEvansville, Indiana , between the basins of theCumberland River on the west and the Green River on the east.Kleber, John E. (ed.) (1992). "The Kentucky Encyclopedia", p. 892. The University Press of Kentucky. ISBN 0813117720.]Description
It rises in northern Christian County, approximately 8 mi (13 km) north of Hopkinsville. It flows generally northwest in a tight
meander ing course, pastPennyrile Forest State Resort Park , where a tributary is impounded to formLake Beshear just upstream from its mouth on the Tradewater. It flows past Dawson Springs and joins the Ohio from the southeast approximately 5 mi (8 km) southwest of Sturgis.The river has a low gradient with a gentle flow along much of its course. It forms a rough boundary between the
Shawnee Hill s physiographic region to the northeast and the Pennyroyal physiographic region to the southwest. The Shawnee Hills region is underlain byPennsylvanian limestone,sandstone , andshale which contain deposits ofcoal . The Pennyroyal region, which is drained by tributaries of the upper Tradewater, is a dissected uplandplateau underlain byMississippian limestone bedrock.By 1990, heavy mining activity in the region had filled the river with
silt and rendered it unnavigable and unable to support aquatic life.References
External links
* [http://kywater.org/ww/ramp/rmtradew.htm KYwater.org: Tradewater Basin Description]
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