Barren River

The Barren River is a 135-mile-long (217 km) river in western Kentucky, USA. It is the largest tributary of the Green River, which drains more of Kentucky than any other river. The Barren River rises in Monroe County and flows into the Green in northeast Warren County.

Famous quotes containing the words barren and/or river:

    “A dilettantism in nature is barren and unworthy. A fop of fields is no better than his brother on Broadway.”
    —Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)

    “Sitting in that dusky wilderness, under that dark mountain, by the bright river which was full of reflected light, still I heard the wood thrush sing, as if no higher civilization could be attained. By this time the night was upon us.”
    —Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)