Salt Fork Arkansas River
| Salt Fork Arkansas River Grand Saline River, Kicpahaatihariʾ, Little Arkansas River, Nesuketonga River, Red Fork Arkansas River | |
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The Salt Fork at Tonkawa, Oklahoma | |
Map of the Salt Fork Arkansas watershed | |
| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Kansas, Oklahoma |
| Cities | Alva, OK, Pond Creek, OK, Lamont, OK, Tonkawa, OK |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | |
| • location | Comanche County, Kansas |
| • coordinates | 37°10′40″N 99°21′48″W / 37.17778°N 99.36333°W |
| • elevation | 2,042 ft (622 m) |
| Mouth | Arkansas River |
• location | Kay County, Oklahoma |
• coordinates | 36°35′58″N 97°03′11″W / 36.59944°N 97.05306°W |
• elevation | 896 ft (273 m) |
| Length | 239 mi (385 km) |
| Discharge | |
| • location | USGS 07151000 at Tonkawa, OK |
| • average | 927 cu ft/s (26.2 m3/s) |
| • minimum | 0 cu ft/s (0 m3/s) |
| • maximum | 57,800 cu ft/s (1,640 m3/s) |
| Basin features | |
| Tributaries | |
| • left | Medicine Lodge River, Chikaskia River |
| Waterbodies | Great Salt Plains Lake |
| Watersheds | Salt Fork Arkansas-Arkansas- Mississippi |
The Salt Fork of the Arkansas River is a 239-mile-long (385 km) tributary of the Arkansas River in southern Kansas and northern Oklahoma in the United States. Via the Arkansas River, it is part of the watershed of the Mississippi River.