Arkansas River Navigation System

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Arkansas_River_Navigation_System
GPTKB entity
Statements (53)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:navigation
gptkbp:abbreviation gptkb:MKARNS
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:McClellan–Kerr_Arkansas_River_Navigation_System
gptkbp:annualCargoTonnage over 10 million tons
gptkbp:approvedBy gptkb:Rivers_and_Harbors_Act_of_1946
gptkbp:builtBy gptkb:U.S._Army_Corps_of_Engineers
gptkbp:connectsTo gptkb:Mississippi_River
gptkbp:followedBy gptkb:Arkansas_River
gptkb:White_River
gptkb:Verdigris_River
gptkbp:handlesCargo gptkb:coal
gptkb:salt
gptkb:steel
gptkb:wheat
gptkb:cement
fertilizer
manufactured goods
petroleum
sand
agricultural products
chemicals
corn
liquid bulk
soybeans
gravel
dry bulk
lumber
scrap metal
gptkbp:hasDam 18
gptkbp:hasPort gptkb:Port_of_Tulsa
gptkb:Port_of_Fort_Smith
gptkb:Port_of_Little_Rock
gptkb:Port_of_Muskogee
gptkb:Port_of_Pine_Bluff
gptkb:Port_of_Van_Buren
gptkb:Port_of_Catoosa
gptkbp:headOfNavigation gptkb:Catoosa,_Oklahoma
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Arkansas River Navigation System
gptkbp:length 445 miles
gptkbp:locatedIn gptkb:Arkansas
gptkb:Kansas
gptkb:Oklahoma
gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:namedAfter gptkb:John_L._McClellan
gptkb:Robert_S._Kerr
gptkbp:opened June 5, 1971
gptkbp:purpose gptkb:navigation
flood control
hydroelectric power
recreation
gptkbp:terminus gptkb:Mississippi_River_near_Napoleon,_Arkansas
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Lake_Dardanelle
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7