List of rivers of Kansas
This is a list of rivers in Kansas (U.S. state).
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By drainage basin
This list is arranged by drainage basin, with respective tributaries indented under each larger stream's name.
Mississippi River Basin
Arkansas River Basin
- Arkansas River
- Neosho River
- Spring River
- Shoal Creek
- Cottonwood River
- Spring River
- Verdigris River
- Caney River
- Elk River
- Fall River
- Cimarron River
- Salt Fork Arkansas River
- Chikaskia River
- Medicine Lodge River
- Grouse Creek
- Walnut River
- Little Walnut River
- Whitewater River
- Ninnescah River
- Little Arkansas River
- Cow Creek
- Rattlesnake Creek
- Walnut Creek
- Pawnee River
- Buckner Creek
- Bear Creek
- Neosho River
Missouri River Basin
- Missouri River
- Osage River (MO)
- Little Osage River
- Marmaton River
- Marais des Cygnes River
- Little Osage River
- Blue River
- Brush Creek
- Kansas River
- Stranger Creek
- Wakarusa River
- Delaware River
- Mission Creek
- Big Blue River
- Black Vermillion River
- Little Blue River
- Indian Creek
- Republican River
- Buffalo Creek
- White Rock Creek
- Prairie Dog Creek
- Sappa Creek
- Beaver Creek
- Little Beaver Creek
- Beaver Creek
- South Fork Republican River
- Arikaree River
- Smoky Hill River
- Solomon River
- Saline River
- Big Creek
- Hackberry Creek
- Ladder Creek
- North Fork Smoky Hill River
- Wolf River
- Big Nemaha River
- Osage River (MO)
Alphabetically
- Arikaree River
- Arkansas River
- Beaver Creek
- Big Blue River
- Big Creek
- Big Nemaha River
- Black Vermillion River
- Blue River
- Brush Creek
- Buckner Creek
- Buffalo Creek
- Caney River
- Chikaskia River
- Cimarron River
- Cottonwood River
- Cow Creek
- Delaware River
- Elk River
- Fall River
- Grouse Creek
- Hackberry Creek
- Kansas River
- Ladder Creek
- Little Arkansas River
- Little Beaver Creek
- Little Blue River
- Little Osage River
- Little Walnut River
- Marais des Cygnes River
- Marmaton River
- Medicine Lodge River
- Mission Creek
- Missouri River
- Neosho River
- Ninnescah River
- North Fork Ninnescah River
- North Fork Smoky Hill River
- North Fork Solomon River
- Pawnee River
- Prairie Dog Creek
- Rattlesnake Creek
- Republican River
- Saline River
- Salt Fork Arkansas River
- Sappa Creek
- Shoal Creek
- Smoky Hill River
- Solomon River
- South Fork Ninnescah River
- South Fork Republican River
- South Fork Solomon River
- Spring River
- Stranger Creek
- Verdigris River
- Wakarusa River
- Walnut Creek
- Walnut River
- White Rock Creek
- Whitewater River
- Wolf River
By size
Mean flow in cubic feet of water per second (cfs). One cubic foot equals .0283 cubic meters
River | Cubic feet per second flow | Location of monitoring station |
---|---|---|
Missouri River | 54,280 | Near Kansas City |
Kansas (Kaw) River | 7,464 | Near junction with Missouri River |
Verdigris River | 3,260 | Near Coffeyville |
Neosho (Grand) River | 2,924 | Near Parsons |
Arkansas River | 2,881 | Near Oklahoma state line |
Big Blue River | 2,325 | Near Manhattan |
Marais des Cygnes River | 2,219 | Near Missouri state line |
Smoky Hill River | 1,540 | Near Enterprise |
Walnut River | 924 | Near Winfield |
Cottonwood River | 879 | Near Plymouth |
Republican River | 839 | Near Junction City |
Delaware River | 682 | Near Perry |
Little Blue River | 672 | Near Barnes |
Solomon River | 550 | Near Niles |
Fall River | 536 | Near Fredonia |
Ninnescah River | 528 | Near Peck |
Little Arkansas River | 315 | Valley Center |
Caney River | 288 | Near Elgin |
Chikaskia River | 264 | Near Corbin |
Stranger Creek | 247 | Near Tonganoxie |
Wakarusa River | 220 | Near Lawrence |
Saline River | 214 | Near Tescott |
Whitewater River | 210 | Near Towanda |
South Fork Ninnescah River | 210 | Near Murdock |
Mill Creek | 189 | Near Paxico |
Lightning Creek | 171 | Near McCune |
Black Vermillion River | 169 | Near Frankfort |
Elk River | 161 | Near Elk Falls |
Soldier Creek | 158 | Near Topeka |
Medicine Lodge River | 151 | Near Kiowa |
Turkey Creek | 126 | Near Seneca |
Turkey Creek | ? | At Mission |
North Fork Solomon River | 116 | Near Portis |
South Fork Solomon River | 105 | Near Osborne |
Indian Creek | 102 | Near Leawood |
Average water flow totals vary slightly annually.[1]
See also
References
- USGS Geographic Names Information Service
- USGS Hydrologic Unit Map - State of Kansas (1974)
External links
- M. A. Sophocleous and B. B. Wilson, "Surface Water in Kansas and its Interactions With Groundwater"
- USGS: Water resources in Kansas: streamflow conditions map
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