The Ninnescah River is a river in the central
Great Plains
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of
North America
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. Its entire length lies within the
U.S. state
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of
Kansas
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. It is a
tributary
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of the
Arkansas River
The Arkansas River is a major tributary of the Mississippi River. It generally flows to the east and southeast as it traverses the U.S. states of Colorado, Kansas, Oklahoma, and Arkansas. The river's source basin lies in the western United Stat ...
.
[U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data]
The National Map
accessed March 29, 2011
Geography
The Ninnescah River originates in the Wellington Lowlands of south-central Kansas. It is formed in southwestern
Sedgwick County by the confluence of the
North Fork Ninnescah River
The North Fork Ninnescah River is a river in the central Great Plains of North America. Its entire length lies within the U.S. state of Kansas. It is a tributary of the Ninnescah River.
Geography
The North Fork Ninnescah River originates in south ...
and the
South Fork Ninnescah River
The South Fork Ninnescah River is a river in the central Great Plains of North America. Its entire length lies within the U.S. state of Kansas. It is a tributary of the Ninnescah River.
Geography
The South Fork Ninnescah River originates in so ...
. From there, it flows southeast into the Arkansas River Lowlands. It empties into the
Arkansas River
The Arkansas River is a major tributary of the Mississippi River. It generally flows to the east and southeast as it traverses the U.S. states of Colorado, Kansas, Oklahoma, and Arkansas. The river's source basin lies in the western United Stat ...
roughly north of
Oxford, Kansas in eastern
Sumner County.
See also
*
List of rivers in Kansas
References
* ''Kansas: a cyclopedia of state history, embracing events, institutions, industries, counties, cities, towns, prominent persons''. Standard Pub. Co. Chicago : 1912. Volume II. Page 370.
External links
*
Continuous Real-Time Water-Quality Monitoring and Regression Analysis to Compute Constituent Concentrations and Loads in the North Fork Ninnescah River Upstream from Cheney Reservoir, South-Central Kansas, 1999-2012United States Geological Survey
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Rivers of Kansas
Rivers of Sumner County, Kansas
Rivers of Stafford County, Kansas
Rivers of Reno County, Kansas
Rivers of Pratt County, Kansas
Rivers of Kingman County, Kansas
Rivers of Sedgwick County, Kansas
Tributaries of the Arkansas River
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