Cumberland River

Lat/Long: 36.833300, -83.316700

A major waterway of the southern United States, the Cumberland River flows 687 miles through southern Kentucky and north central Tennessee. It originates in the Appalachian Mountains and flows east to west to its confluence with the Ohio River near Paducah, Kentucky, and the mouth of the Tennessee River.

Wester's New Geographical Dictionary (Springfield, MA: Merriam-Webster, 1988), 304.