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The Red River, or sometimes The Red River of the South, is a major tributary of the Mississippi and Atchafalaya Rivers located in the United States of America.The river gains its name from the red-bed country of its watershed. It is one of several rivers with that name. The Red River is the second largest river basin in the southern Great Plains.It rises in two branches (forks) in the Texas Panhandle and flows east, where it acts as the border between present-day states of Texas and Oklahoma. It is a short border between Texas and Arkansas before entering Arkansas, turning south near Fulton, Arkansas and flowing into Louisiana. The total length of the river is 1,360 miles (2,190 km).
The Red River rises in two forks in northern Texas and southwestern Oklahoma. The southern and largest fork, which is about 120 miles (190 km), is generally called the Prairie Dog Town Fork. It is formed in Randall County, Texas near the county seat of Canyon, by the confluence of intermittent Palo Duro Creek and Tierra Blanca Creek. (The names mean “Hard Wood” and “White Land”, respectively, in Spanish.)
The Red River changed its course near Natchitoches, Louisiana, and left behind Cane River Lake.
The Red River turns and flows southeast through Palo Duro Canyon in Palo Duro Canyon State Park at an elevation of 3,440 feet (1,050 m),then past Newlin, Texas to meet the Oklahoma state line. Past that point, it is generally considered as the main stem of the Red River. Near Elmer, Oklahoma the North Fork finally joins, and the river proceeds to follow a winding course east through one of the most arid parts of the Great Plains, receiving the Wichita River from the right as it passes the city of Wichita Falls. Near Denison the river exits the eastern end of Lake Texoma, a reservoir formed by the Denison Dam. The lake is also fed by the Washita River from the north.
After the river flows out of the southeastern end of the lake, it runs generally east towards Arkansas and receives Muddy Boggy Creek from the left before turning southwards near Texarkana. Soon after, the river crosses south into Louisiana and bisects the sister cities of Shreveport and Bossier City before spreading into the complex network of marshlands surrounding the Mississippi River and Atchafalaya River. Its waters eventually discharge into both rivers, and flow eastwards or southwards into the Gulf of Mexico.

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