Big Blue River (other)
Big Blue River may refer to: *Big Blue River (Indiana) *Big Blue River (Kansas) *Blue River (Missouri River tributary), or Big Blue River, flows through Kansas and Missouri See also * Big Blue River Bridge (other) *Little Blue River (other) *Blue River (other) Blue River may refer to: Rivers Canada *Blue River (North Thompson River tributary), British Columbia *Blue River (Dease River tributary), British Columbia China *Yangtze River, sometimes referred to as the Blue River in older English sources New ...

Big Blue River (Indiana)
The Big Blue River is an U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed May 19, 2011 tributary of the Driftwood River in east-central Indiana in the United States. Via the Driftwood, White, Wabash and Ohio rivers, it is part of the watershed of the Mississippi River. Course The Big Blue rises in northeastern Henry County and flows generally southwestwardly through Rush, Hancock, Shelby and Johnson counties, past the towns of New Castle, Knightstown, Carthage, Morristown, Shelbyville and Edinburgh. It joins Sugar Creek to form the Driftwood River west of Edinburgh. At Shelbyville, it collects the Little Blue River. At the USGS station at Shelbyville, Indiana, the Big Blue River has an approximate discharge of 513 cubic feet per second. See also *List of Indiana rivers * County Line Bridge (Morristown, Indiana) References Columbia Gazetteer of North America entry*DeLorme DeLorme is the producer of per ...
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Big Blue River (Kansas)
The Big Blue River is the largest tributary of the Kansas River. The river flows for approximately U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed March 30, 2011 from central Nebraska into Kansas, until its confluence with the Kansas River at Manhattan. It was given its name by the Kansa tribe of Native Americans, who lived at its mouth from 1780 to 1830, and who called it the Great Blue Earth River. River course The river passes through mostly agricultural land. Some of the larger towns along its course, in addition to Manhattan, Kansas, include Beatrice, Nebraska; Crete, Nebraska; and Seward, Nebraska. Shortly before intersecting with the Kansas River, the Big Blue discharges its waters into a reservoir called Tuttle Creek Lake, which lies slightly northeast of Manhattan. The reservoir is a man-made flood-control measure, held back by a dam composed of the limestone, silt, and gypsum dredged out of the floodpla ...
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Blue River (Missouri River Tributary)
The Blue River (also known as the Big Blue River) is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed May 31, 2011 stream that flows through Johnson County, Kansas, and Jackson County, Missouri, in the Kansas City Metropolitan Area. The river rises in Johnson County, Kansas at the confluence of Coffee Creek and Wolf Creek near the border of the states of Kansas and Missouri. Crossing the city of Kansas City, Missouri, it empties into the Missouri River near the border between Kansas City and Independence, Missouri. Its major tributaries are Brush Creek, Tomahawk Creek, and Indian Creek. Recreation Along the Blue River can be found many miles of hiking, biking, and walking trails. Portions of these trails trace the path of a former steam railroad track of the Missouri Pacific Railroad line that ran from Dodson, Missouri south to Martin City, Missouri. This rail bed followed the Blue River and had many curves. The r ...
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Big Blue River Bridge (other)
Big Blue River Bridge may refer to: * Big Blue River Bridge (Grafton, Nebraska), listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Fillmore County, Nebraska * Big Blue River Bridge (Surprise, Nebraska), listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Butler County, Nebraska See also *Big Blue River (other) Big Blue River may refer to: *Big Blue River (Indiana) *Big Blue River (Kansas) *Blue River (Missouri River tributary), or Big Blue River, flows through Kansas and Missouri See also * Big Blue River Bridge (other) * Little Blue River (di ...

Little Blue River (other)
The Little Blue River is the name of several rivers: *Little Blue River (Indiana), a tributary of Big Blue River (Indiana) *Little Blue River (Kansas/Nebraska) *Little Blue River (Missouri) See also *Big Blue River (other) *Blue River (other) Blue River may refer to: Rivers Canada *Blue River (North Thompson River tributary), British Columbia *Blue River (Dease River tributary), British Columbia China *Yangtze River, sometimes referred to as the Blue River in older English sources New ...