Ninnescah River
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The Ninnescah River is a river in the central Great Plains of North America. Its entire 56.4-mile (90.8 km) length lies within the U.S. state of Kansas. It is a tributary of the Arkansas River.[3]
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Ninnescah River | |
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Location | |
Country | United States |
State | Kansas |
Physical characteristics | |
Source confluence | |
• location | Sedgwick County, Kansas |
• coordinates | 37°34′05″N 97°42′19″W |
• elevation | 1,302 ft (397 m) |
Mouth | Arkansas River |
• location | Sumner County, Kansas |
• coordinates | 37°19′17″N 97°09′59″W[1] |
• elevation | 1,152 ft (351 m) |
Length | 56 mi (90 km) |
Basin size | 2,129 sq mi (5,510 km2) |
Discharge | |
• location | USGS 07145500 near Peck, KS[2] |
• average | 522 cu ft/s (14.8 m3/s) |
• minimum | 0.2 cu ft/s (0.0057 m3/s) |
• maximum | 33,700 cu ft/s (950 m3/s) |
Basin features | |
Tributaries | |
• left | North Fork Ninnescah River |
• right | South Fork Ninnescah River |
Watersheds | Ninnescah-Arkansas- Mississippi |
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