Marais des Cygnes River
watercourse in the United States of America From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Marais des Cygnes River is a principal tributary of the Osage River. It is about 217 miles (349 km) long,[3] and runs through eastern Kansas and western Missouri in the United States. Via the Osage and Missouri rivers, it is part of the watershed of the Mississippi River. The name Marais des Cygnes means "Marsh of the Swans" in French.[4] But the name actually comes from an Osage name “Mixa-ckau-tse” (where white swans are plentiful).[4] It was probably so named because of the trumpeter and tundra swans that were plentiful here before the late 1800s.[4] The river is notorious for flash flooding.[5] The river is referenced in the song "The River" by Chely Wright.
Marais des Cygnes River Big Osage River, Brush Creek, Grand River, Old Aunt Mary River[1] | |
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Location | |
Country | United States |
State | Kansas, Missouri |
Physical characteristics | |
Source confluence | |
- location | Lyon County, Kansas |
- coordinates | 38°34′05″N 95°58′28″W |
- elevation | 1,112 ft (339 m) |
Mouth | Osage River |
- location | Vernon County, Missouri |
- coordinates | 38°01′39″N 94°14′39″W[1] |
- elevation | 722 ft (220 m) |
Length | 217 mi (349 km) |
Discharge | |
- location | USGS 06916600 near Kansas-Missouri state line[2] |
- average | 2,189 cu ft/s (62.0 m3/s) |
- minimum | 0 cu ft/s (0 m3/s) |
- maximum | 129,000 cu ft/s (3,700 m3/s) |
Basin features | |
Tributaries | |
- left | 110 Mile Creek, Bull Creek |
- right | Pottawatomie Creek |
Watersheds | Marais des Cygnes-Osage-Missouri-Mississippi |
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