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32: 156:. Below the West Fork Clarks River, the river has a mean annual discharge of 368 cubic feet per second. This figure is obtained by combining the average discharge of the Clarks River at Benton, and the average discharge of the West Fork at Brewers. 164:
For the greater part of its length, it consists of two parallel forks of approximately equal size, the East Fork and the West Fork. The East Fork, shown on federal maps as the main stem of the river, begins south of
225:. Documented evidence states that many Native American encampments and Indian tribes camped and lived along its banks. To this day artifacts have been found including spearheads, arrowheads and pottery. 221:(McCracken County), where the mouth of the river intersects with the Tennessee River just before the Tennessee River joins the Ohio River. This river is full of wildlife and full of 302: 288: 181:. The West Fork begins about 4 miles (6 km) west of Murray near the intersection of Jones-Sparkman and Butterworth Roads in Calloway County and flows through 369: 364: 359: 115: 315: 53: 96: 49: 68: 354: 75: 260: 237: 198: 137: 42: 214: 133: 82: 276: 194: 190: 174: 64: 186: 170: 218: 210: 166: 149: 264: 182: 145: 89: 222: 348: 256:
U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data.
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U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Clarks River
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The Clarks River streams from Murray in Calloway County through
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The river is the namesake of Clarks River Road in Paducah.
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and is paralleled by the Paducah, Tennessee and Alabama
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