Everything about St Francis River totally explained
The
Saint Francis River is a
tributary of the
Mississippi River, about 470 mi (760 km) long, in southeastern
Missouri and northeastern
Arkansas in the
United States. The river drains a mostly rural area and forms part of the Missouri-Arkansas state line along the western side of the Missouri
bootheel.
Description and course
The river rises in a region of
granite mountains in
Iron County, Missouri, and flows generally southwardly through the
Ozarks and the
St. Francois Mountains near Missouri's highest point
Taum Sauk. It forms the Missouri-Arkansas border in the
bootheel and eventually exits the state at Missouri's lowest point in the "toe" at 241 feet. It passes through
Lake Wappapello, which is formed by a
dam constructed in 1941. Below the dam the river
meanders through cane forests and willow swamplands, transitioning from a clear stream into a slow and
silt-laden muddy river as it enters the flat lands of the
Mississippi embayment. In its lower course the river parallels
Crowleys Ridge and is part of a navigation and flood-control project involving a network of diversion channels and
ditches along it and the
Castor and
Little Rivers. Below the mouth of the Little River in
Poinsett County, Arkansas, the St. Francis is
navigable by
barge. It joins the Mississippi River in
Phillips County, Arkansas, about 7 mi (11 km) north of
Helena.
Along its course in Missouri the river flows through the
Mark Twain National Forest and past
Sam A. Baker State Park and the towns of
Farmington,
Greenville and
Fisk. In Arkansas it passes the towns of
St. Francis,
Lake City,
Marked Tree and
Parkin, as well as the
St. Francis National Forest.
In addition to the Little River, tributaries of the St. Francis include the
Little St. Francis River, which joins it along its upper course in Missouri; the
Tyronza River, which joins it in Arkansas; and the
L'Anguille River, which joins it just above its mouth.
Whitewater competitions
Beginning in
1967 the
Missouri Whitewater Championships have been held on the St. Francis River (typically between the Millstream Gardens Conservation Area and the Silver Mines Recreation Area). The events includes
whitewater slalom competitions and downriver
whitewater racing competitions. Today, the
Missouri Whitewater Association holds the Championships annually in March, and recently celebrated the 40th year of Missouri Whitewater Championships on the St. Francis River.
Variant names
The
United States Board on Geographic Names settled on "St. Francis River" as the stream's name in 1899. According to the
Geographic Names Information System, historical names for the river have included:
- Cholohollay River
- El Rio San Francisco
- Fiume San Francesco
- Rio San Francisco
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Riviere Saint Francis
Riviere des Chepoussea
San Francisco River
Saint Francois River (mentioned in the Congressional act which set the boundaries for the state including the Bootheel in Missouri)
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