Stones River

Stones River
Stones River
	Map of the Stones River Watershed
Location
Country	United States
Physical characteristics
Source
• location	East Fork – Short Mountain (Cannon County); Middle Fork – Hoovers Gap (Rutherford County); West Fork – Tennessee Valley Divide (Rutherford County)
• elevation	East Fork - 1,120 feet (341.4 m); Middle Fork - 923 feet (281.3 m); West Fork - 792 feet (241.4 m)
Mouth
• location	Cumberland River near Nashville
• coordinates	36°11′30″N 86°39′45″W / 36.19167°N 86.66250°W
• elevation	413 feet (125.9 m)
Length	Main River - 32.4 miles (52.1 km); East Fork - 54.0 miles (86.9 km); Middle Fork - 19.8 miles (31.9 km); West Fork - 39.1 miles (62.9 km)
Basin size	921 square miles (2,385.4 km2)

The Stones River (properly spelled Stone's River)^[2] is a major stream of the eastern portion of Tennessee's Nashville Basin region^[1] and a tributary of the Cumberland River. It is named after explorer and longhunter Uriah Stone, who navigated the river in 1767.^[3]^[4]

^ ^a ^b ^c U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Stones River
^ Stones River History
^ Collins, Lewis (1877). History of Kentucky. p. 417.
^ Name: Uriah Stone?

[gnis-1] U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Stones River

[2] Stones River History

[3] Collins, Lewis (1877). History of Kentucky. p. 417.

[4] Name: Uriah Stone?

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