The Arkansas–White–Red water resource region is one of 21 major geographic areas, or regions, in the first level of classification used by the United States Geological Survey to divide and sub-divide the United States into successively smaller hydrologic units. These geographic areas contain either the drainage area of a major river, or the combined drainage areas of a series of rivers.[1][2]
The Arkansas–White–Red region, which is listed with a 2-digit hydrologic unit code (HUC) of 11, has an approximate size of 247,988 square miles (642,290 square kilometers), and consists of 14 subregions, which are listed with the 4-digit HUCs 1101 through 1114.[3]
The Arkansas River Basin below its intersect with the Colorado-Kansas state line to and including the Walnut River Basin, including the Whitewoman Creek closed basin.
The Cimarron River Basin from its headwaters to the river's most downstream intersect with the Kansas-Oklahoma state line, including the Bear Creek closed basin.
The Cimarron River Basin below the river's most downstream intersect with the Kansas-Oklahoma state line to the confluence with the Arkansas River, including that portion inundated by Keystone Reservoir.
The Canadian River Basin below its intersect with the New Mexico-Texas state line to the confluence with the Arkansas River, including that portion inundated by Eufaula Lake and Robert S. Kerr Reservoir, but excluding the North Canadian River Basin.
The Arkansas River Basin below Keystone Dam to the point of highest backwater effect of the Mississippi River below Lock and Dam 4 on the Arkansas River, but excluding the Canadian, Neosho, and Verdigris River Basins.