The Little Arkansas River (/ɑːrˈkænzəs/ ar-KAN-zəs) is a river in the central Great Plains of North America. A tributary of the Arkansas River, its entire 123-mile (198 km) length lies within the American state of Kansas.[3]
| Little Arkansas River Ne Shuta Shinka River[1] | |
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 The Little Arkansas River near Sedgwick, Kansas | |
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| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Kansas |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | |
| • location | Ellsworth County, Kansas |
| • coordinates | 38°31′46″N 98°09′18″W / 38.52944°N 98.15500°W |
| • elevation | 1,759 ft (536 m) |
| Mouth | Arkansas River |
• location | Wichita, Kansas |
• coordinates | 37°41′29″N 97°20′57″W / 37.69139°N 97.34917°W[1] |
• elevation | 1,283 ft (391 m) |
| Length | 123 mi (198 km) |
| Discharge | |
| • location | USGS 07144200 at Valley Center, KS[2] |
| • average | 315 cu ft/s (8.9 m3/s) |
| • minimum | 1.1 cu ft/s (0.031 m3/s) |
| • maximum | 28,600 cu ft/s (810 m3/s) |
| Basin features | |
| Watersheds | Little Arkansas-Arkansas- Mississippi |
Geography
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The river originates in central Kansas in the Smoky Hills region of the Great Plains.[3][4] Its source lies in extreme south-central Ellsworth County immediately north of Geneseo, Kansas.[4][5] From there, the river flows generally south-southeast along the border between the Arkansas River Lowlands to the southwest and the McPherson Lowlands to the northeast.[4] It joins the Arkansas River immediately northwest of downtown Wichita, Kansas.[4][6]
Points of interest
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A statue, The Keeper of the Plains by local artist Blackbear Bosin, marks the confluence of these two rivers.
See also
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edit- ^ a b "Little Arkansas River". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. 1978-10-13. Retrieved 2013-08-16.
- ^ "Water-Data Report 2013 - 07144200 Little Arkansas River at Valley Center, KS" (PDF). U.S. Geological Survey. Retrieved 2015-11-05.
- ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map Archived 2012-03-29 at the Wayback Machine, accessed March 29, 2011
- ^ a b c d "2003-2004 Official Transportation Map" (PDF). Kansas Department of Transportation. Retrieved 2015-10-01.
- ^ "General Highway Map - Ellsworth County, Kansas". Kansas Department of Transportation. July 2011. Retrieved 2015-10-01.
- ^ "City of Wichita [Map]" (PDF). Kansas Department of Transportation. June 2010. Retrieved 2015-10-01.
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