Cumberland River

n. river flowing from south Kentucky and northern Tennessee and emptying into the Ohio River (USA)

The Cumberland River is an important waterway in the Southern United States. It is 687 miles (1,106 km) long. It starts in Harlan County in eastern Kentucky on the Cumberland Plateau, flows through southeastern Kentucky before crossing into northern Tennessee, and then curves back up into western Kentucky before draining into the Ohio River at Smithland, Kentucky. The Cumberland is one of three major Kentucky rivers with headwaters there. The others are the Kentucky River and the Big Sandy River.
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Noun
1. a river that rises in southeastern Kentucky and flows westward through northern Tennessee to become a tributary of the Ohio River in southwestern Kentucky
(synonym) Cumberland
(hypernym) river
(part-holonym) Kentucky, Bluegrass State, KY