Big Spring (Missouri)

Big Spring
Big Spring in Missouri is the largest spring in the Ozarks. Pictured here at 240 cu ft/s (6.8 m3/s) experiencing low flow after an extended dry period.
Location
Country	United States
State	Missouri
Region	Ozark Plateau
Physical characteristics
Source	Eleven Point River watershed
• location	Salem Plateau, Ozark Plateau, Missouri
• coordinates	[1]
Mouth	Current River (Missouri)
• location	near Van Buren, Carter County, Ozark Plateau, Missouri
• coordinates	36°57′08″N 90°59′39″W / 36.95222°N 90.99417°W / 36.95222; -90.99417[2]
• elevation	429 ft (131 m)[3]
Length	0.2 mi (0.32 km)
Discharge
• location	Big Spring (Missouri)[1]
• average	470 cu ft/s (13 m3/s)[1]
• minimum	236 cu ft/s (6.7 m3/s)
• maximum	2,000 cu ft/s (57 m3/s)

Big Spring is one of the largest springs in the United States and the world.^[2] An enormous first magnitude spring, it rises at the base of a bluff on the west side of the Current River valley in the Missouri Ozarks.