Smoky Hill River
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The Smoky Hill River is a 575-mile (925 km)[4] river in the central Great Plains of North America, running through Colorado and Kansas.[5]
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Smoky Hill River | |
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Location | |
Country | United States |
State | Colorado, Kansas |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | |
• location | Cheyenne County, Colorado |
• coordinates | 38°57′01″N 102°34′49″W[1] |
• elevation | 4,640 ft (1,410 m) |
Mouth | Kansas River |
• location | Junction City, Kansas |
• coordinates | 39°03′36″N 98°46′04″W[1] |
• elevation | 1,040 ft (320 m) |
Length | 575 mi (925 km) |
Basin size | 19,260 sq mi (49,900 km2) |
Discharge | |
• location | USGS 06877600 at Enterprise, KS[3] |
• average | 1,540 cu ft/s (44 m3/s) |
• minimum | 38 cu ft/s (1.1 m3/s) |
• maximum | 207,000 cu ft/s (5,900 m3/s) |
Basin features | |
Tributaries | |
• left | North Fork Smoky Hill River, Big Creek, Saline River, Solomon River |
• right | Ladder Creek |
Watersheds | Smoky Hill-Kansas-Missouri-Mississippi |
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