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]] The Salt Fork of the Arkansas River is a Tributary of the Arkansas River , 192 mi (309 km) long, in southern Kansas and northern Oklahoma in the United States . Via the Arkansas River, it is part of the Watershed of the Mississippi River . COURSE The Salt Fork rises in Comanche County, Kansas , and flows initially southeastwardly through Barber County, Kansas , and Woods County, Oklahoma , to the town of Alva , where it turns eastwardly for the remainder of its course through Alfafa , Grant , Kay and Noble Counties in Oklahoma, past the towns of Pond Creek , Lamont and Tonkawa . It flows into the Arkansas River in southern Kay County, 7 mi (11 km) south of Ponca City . In Alfalfa County a Dam on the river maintains Great Salt Plains Lake , which is lined with Salt Flats and is the site of Great Salt Plains National Wildlife Refuge and a State Park . The Salt Fork's largest tributaries are the Medicine Lodge River , which joins it in Alfalfa County and the Chikaskia River , which joins it in Kay County. VARIANT NAMES According to the Geographic Names Information System , the Salt Fork Arkansas River has also been known as: SEE ALSO SOURCES
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