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Black River
river, Arkansas and Missouri, United States
Black River, river in southeastern Missouri and eastern Arkansas, U.S., rising in the Ozark Mountains in Reynolds county, Mo. It flows southeasterly to Poplar Bluff, Mo., and then continues southwest to enter the White River near Newport, Ark., after a course of 280 miles (450 km). Limited navigation is possible for shallow-draft vessels in the lower 15 miles (25 km) of its course. Its main tributary is the Current River, which it receives near Pocahontas, Ark. Clearwater Dam, near Piedmont, Mo., was completed in 1948 on the Black River as a major flood-control project.
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