Die Arkansasrivier (Engels: Arkansas River) is 'n groot oos-vloeiende rivier in Noord-Amerika. Die rivier, met 'n lengte van 'n 2364km, ontspring in die Sawatch Range in die Rotsgebergte in Colorado. Dit is een van die grootste sytakke van die Mississippirivier en die sesde grootste rivier in die Verenigde State.
Die rivier het vanaf die Adams-Onís-Verdrag in 1821 tot die Anneksasie van die Republiek van Texas in 1845 of die Verdrag van Guadalupe Hidalgo in 1848 tussen sy boloop en die 100ste Breedtegraad die grens tussen Meksiko en die Verenigde State gevorm.
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