Rough River
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The Rough River is a tributary of the Green River in west-central Kentucky in the United States. It is located about 70 miles southwest of Louisville, and flows through Breckinridge, Hardin, Grayson, and Ohio counties. Via the Green and Ohio rivers, it is part of the watershed of the Mississippi River. According to the Geographic Names Information System, it has also been known historically as "Rough Creek". In the 1950s it was dammed, creating Rough River Lake.
]] The Rough River is a tributary of the Green River in west-central Kentucky in the United States. It is located about 70 miles southwest of Louisville, and flows through Breckinridge, Hardin, Grayson, and Ohio counties. Via the Green and Ohio rivers, it is part of the watershed of the Mississippi River. According to the Geographic Names Information System, it has also been known historically as "Rough Creek". In the 1950s it was dammed, creating Rough River Lake.
Course
The Rough River rises in northwestern Hardin County and flows generally west-southwestwardly through or along the boundaries of Grayson, Breckinridge, Ohio and McLean counties, past the town of Hartford. It joins the Green River at the town of Livermore, on the common boundary of McLean and Ohio counties. On the boundary of Breckinridge and Grayson counties, the Rough was dammed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in 1959 to form Rough River Lake, originally called Rough River Reservoir. The lake includes the North Fork of Rough River, which flows for its entire length in Breckinridge County. The Rough River has a mean annual discharge of 1,169 cubic feet per second near Dundee.
See also
List of Kentucky rivers
References
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