<Tr> <Td> - min </Td> <Td> 3,230 cu ft / s (91 m / s) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Map of the White River watershed </Td> </Tr> <P> The White River is a 722 - mile (1,162 - km) long river that flows through the U.S. states of Arkansas and Missouri . Originating in the Boston Mountains of northwest Arkansas, it flows northwards into southern Missouri, and then turns back into Arkansas, flowing southeast to its mouth at the Mississippi River . </P> <P> The source of the White River is in the Boston Mountains of northwest Arkansas, in the Ozark--St. Francis National Forest southeast of Fayetteville . The river flows northwards from its source in northwest Arkansas, loops up through southwest Missouri through Branson, Missouri . In Branson the river forms Lake Taneycomo, where it is held back by the Powersite Dam . The Powersite was the first dam on the White River . The flow into this comes from Table Rock Lake, and down stream it flows into Bull Shoals Lake, from where it travels back into Arkansas, and then heads generally southeast to its mouth at the Mississippi River . </P>

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