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Osage River
river in Missouri, United States / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Osage River is a 276-mile-long (444 km)[2] tributary of the Missouri River in central Missouri in the United States. It is the 8th longest river in Missouri. It is named after the Osage Nation, a Native American tribe.[3]
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Osage River | |
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Location | |
Country | United States |
State | Missouri Kansas |
Region | Osage Plains, Ozarks |
City | Warsaw, Lake Ozark, Tuscumbia |
Physical characteristics | |
Source confluence | |
- location | Vernon County, Missouri |
- coordinates | 38°01′39″N 94°14′39″W |
- elevation | 722 ft (220 m) |
Mouth | Missouri River |
- location | Bonnots Mill, Missouri |
- coordinates | 38°35′49″N 91°56′43″W[1] |
- elevation | 518 ft (158 m) |
Length | 276 mi (444 km) |
Basin size | 15,300 sq mi (40,000 km2) |
Discharge | |
- location | near St. Thomas, MO |
- average | 10,879 cu ft/s (308.1 m3/s) |
- minimum | 640 cu ft/s (18 m3/s) |
- maximum | 216,000 cu ft/s (6,100 m3/s) |
Basin features | |
Tributaries | |
- left | Marais des Cygnes River, South Grand River |
- right | Little Osage River, Clear Creek, Sac River, Pomme de Terre River, Niangua River |
Watersheds | Osage-Missouri-Mississippi |
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