Nolin River
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The Nolin River is a tributary of the Green River, 105 mi (169 km) long, in central Kentucky in the United States.[Columbia Gazetteer of North America entry] Via the Green and Ohio Rivers, it is part of the watershed of the Mississippi River. The United States Board on Geographic Names settled on "Nolin River" as the stream's name in 1933.[Geographic Names Information System entry for Nolin River]
The Nolin River is formed in western LaRue County by the confluence of its short North[GNIS entry for North Fork Nolin River] and South[GNIS entry for South Fork Nolin River] Forks, both of which flow for their entire lengths in Larue County; the North Fork flows past Hodgenville. The Nolin then flows generally southwestwardly through or along the boundaries of Hardin, Grayson, Hart and Edmonson Counties. It joins the Green River in the western part of Mammoth Cave National Park, about 2 mi (3 km) northeast of Brownsville.DeLorme (2005). Kentucky Atlas & Gazetteer. Yarmouth, Maine: DeLorme. ISBN 0-89933-340-0
In Edmonson County, a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers dam causes the river to form Nolin River Lake.
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