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Martins Fork
USACE Martins Fork Dam and Lake.jpg
Physical characteristics
River mouth Harlan, Kentucky
1,158 ft (353 m)
36°50′42″N 83°19′27″W / 36.84500°N 83.32417°W / 36.84500; -83.32417
Length 32 mi (51 km)
Basin features
Progression CumberlandOhioMississippi

Martins Fork is a 32-mile (51 km) river in Bell and Harlan Counties in Kentucky in the United States. The river flows east and north from its source in the Cumberland Mountains, a subrange of the Appalachian Mountains, to its confluence with the Clover Fork at Harlan. The confluence marks the official beginning of the Cumberland River.

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