Green River (Kentucky)

Green River
Green River
	Green River near Mammoth Cave National Park
	Green River Watershed
Location
Country	United States
Physical characteristics
Source
• location	Lincoln and Casey counties in Kentucky
• elevation	205 m (673 ft)
Mouth
• location	Ohio River
• elevation	110 m (360 ft)
Length	384 mi (618 km)
Basin size	25,400 km2 (9,800 sq mi)
Discharge
• location	Spottsville, Kentucky
• average	14,574 cu/ft. per sec.

The Green River is a 384-mile-long (618 km)^[3] tributary of the Ohio River that rises in Lincoln County in south central Kentucky. Tributaries of the Green River include the Barren River, the Nolin River, the Pond River and the Rough River. The river was named after Nathanael Greene, a general of the American Revolutionary War.^[4]

^ Kleber, John E., ed. (1992). "Green River". The Kentucky Encyclopedia. Associate editors: Thomas D. Clark, Lowell H. Harrison, and James C. Klotter. Lexington, Kentucky: The University Press of Kentucky. ISBN 0-8131-1772-0.
^ "USGS Surface Water data for Kentucky: USGS Surface-Water Annual Statistics".
^ U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map Archived 2012-03-29 at the Wayback Machine, accessed June 13, 2011
^ Benke, Arthur C.; Cushing, Colbert E. (2005). Rivers of North America. Academic Press. p. 405. ISBN 978-0-12-088253-3. Retrieved 24 March 2012.