White River

1. A river of northern Arkansas and southern Missouri flowing about 1,160 km (720 mi) generally southeast to the Mississippi River.2. A river, about 260 km (160 mi) long, of northwest Colorado and eastern Utah flowing westward to the Green River.3. A river, about 510 km (320 mi) long, of southern Indiana flowing southwest to the Wabash River.4. A river of northwest Nebraska and southern South Dakota flowing about 520 km (325 mi) northeast and east to the Missouri River.

White′ Riv′er

n. 1. a river flowing SE from NW Arkansas into the Mississippi River. 690 mi. (1110 km) long. 2. a river flowing NE from NW Nebraska to the Missouri River in S South Dakota. 325 mi. (525 km) long.

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White River - a tributary of the Mississippi River that flows southeastward through northern Arkansas and southern MissouriWhiteArkansas, Land of Opportunity, AR - a state in south central United States; one of the Confederate states during the American Civil WarMissouri, Show Me State, MO - a midwestern state in central United States; a border state during the American Civil War, Missouri was admitted to the Confederacy without actually seceding from the Union

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1 River, c.690 mi (1,110 km) long, rising in the Boston Mts., NW Ark., and flowing first N into SW Missouri, then generally SE through NE Arkansas to the Mississippi River. Its chief tributaries are the Black and Little Red rivers. Near its mouth, the White is joined to the Arkansas River by a cutoff channel. The White is navigable for shallow-draft vessels c.300 mi (480 km) upstream. Bull Shoals Dam (completed 1957), Table Rock Dam (1959), and Beaver Dam (1965) are major projects on the river. Bull Shoals Lake (111 sq mi/288 sq km), on the Ark.–Mo. line, is the largest reservoir. 2 River, 307 mi (494 km) long, rising near Muncie, E Ind., and flowing SW through Indianapolis to the Wabash River. With the White East Fork (282 mi/454 km long), its chief tributary, the White drains much of S Indiana. 3 River, 507 mi (816 km) long, rising in NW Nebraska and flowing N then E through S South Dakota to the Missouri River near Chamberlain. It drains much of the Badlands.

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noun a tributary of the Mississippi River that flows southeastward through northern Arkansas and southern Missouri

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