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Stones River
Map of the Stones River Watershed
Location
CountryUnited States
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • locationEast Fork – Short Mountain (Cannon County)
Middle Fork – Hoovers Gap (Rutherford County)
West Fork – Tennessee Valley Divide (Rutherford County)
 • elevationEast Fork - 1,120 feet (341.4 m)
Middle Fork - 923 feet (281.3 m)
West Fork - 792 feet (241.4 m)
Mouth 
 • location
Cumberland River near Nashville
 • coordinates
36°11′30″N 86°39′45″W / 36.19167°N 86.66250°W / 36.19167; -86.66250[1]
 • elevation
413 feet (125.9 m)[1]
LengthMain River - 32.4 miles (52.1 km)
East Fork - 54.0 miles (86.9 km)
Middle Fork - 19.8 miles (31.9 km)
West Fork - 39.1 miles (62.9 km)
Basin size921 square miles (2,385.4 km2)

The Stones River (properly spelled Stone's River)[2] is a major stream of the eastern portion of Tennessee's Nashville Basin region[1] and a tributary of the Cumberland River. It is named after explorer and longhunter Uriah Stone, who navigated the river in 1767.[3][4]

  1. ^ a b c U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Stones River
  2. ^ Stones River History
  3. ^ Collins, Lewis (1877). History of Kentucky. p. 417.
  4. ^ Name: Uriah Stone?

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