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Black River (Arkansas–Missouri)
River in Missouri, United States
The Black River is a tributary of the White River, about miles (&#;km) long,[2] in southeastern Missouri and northeastern Arkansas in the United States.[3] Via the White River, it is part of the Mississippi Riverwatershed.
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Black River Technical College is named for the river.
The river was so named on account of the black tint of its water.[4]
Headwaters and course
The Black River rises in Missouri as three streams:
- The East Fork Black River rises in Iron County and flows generally southwardly, through Johnson's Shut-Ins State Park where the Taum Sauk pumped storage plant Upper Reservoir dam breach caused severe damage to the park.
A dam on the East Fork forms the Taum Sauk Lower Reservoir which holds water that is pumped to the Upper Reservoir.
- The Middle Fork Black River is formed by a confluence of creeks in the Mark Twain National Forest in northern Reynolds Coun