普拉特河

普拉特河（英語：Platte River、/plæt/）是內布拉斯加州的一條主要河流，長約500公里，由北普拉特河和南普拉特河匯合而成。

普拉特河 Platte River
普拉特河一景，位於馬奧尼州立公園
綠色為普拉特河流域，包括南北兩大支流。
別名	Nebraska River[1]、Shallow River[1]
國家	美國
州	內布拉斯加州
地區	北美大平原
流域
水系	密蘇里河流域
源頭	北普拉特河
• 位置	科羅拉多州傑克遜縣Confluence of Grizzly Creek and Little Grizzly Creek
• 座標	40°38′23″N 106°24′19″W[2]
• 海拔	8,050英尺（2,450米）
第二源頭	南普拉特河
• 位置	科羅拉多州帕克縣Confluence of Middle Fork and South Fork South Platte Rivers
• 座標	39°00′40″N 105°44′25″W[3]
• 海拔	8,785英尺（2,678米）
河口	密蘇里河
• 位置	內布拉斯加州卡斯縣與薩皮縣的普拉茨茅斯
• 座標	41°03′14″N 95°52′53″W[1]
• 海拔	942英尺（287米）[1]
流域面積	84,910 sq mi（219,900 km2）[4]
城市	北普拉特、卡尼、格蘭德艾蘭、弗里蒙特、奧馬哈
本貌
長度	310 mi（500 km）
流量
• 地點	路易斯維爾，河口上游約10英里（16公里）。
• 平均流量	7,037 cu ft/s（199.3 m3/s）[5]
• 最小流量	131 cu ft/s（3.7 m3/s）
• 最大流量	160,000 cu ft/s（4,500 m3/s）
特徵
左岸支流	北普拉特河、盧普河
右岸支流	南普拉特河

另見

• 內布拉斯加州河流列表（英語：List of Nebraska rivers）
• Morning Star Lake (Nebraska)
• 普拉特河州立公園（英語：Platte River State Park）

參考文獻

1. Platte River. Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. [2010-10-03].
2. North Platte River. Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. [2010-10-03].
3. South Platte River. Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. [2010-10-03].
4. Boundary Descriptions and Names of Regions, Subregions, Accounting Units and Cataloging Units. U.S. Geological Survey. [2010-10-03]. （原始內容存檔於2020-04-09）.
5. USGS Gage #06801000 on the Platte River near Louisville, Nebraska (Water-Data Report 2009) (PDF). National Water Information System. U.S. Geological Survey. 1953-present [2010-10-03]. （原始內容存檔 (PDF)於2012-05-20）. 請檢查|date=中的日期值 (幫助)

延伸閱讀

• Alexander, J.S., D.M. Schultze, and R.B. Zelt. (2013). Emergent sandbar dynamics in the Lower Platte River in Eastern Nebraska: methods and results of pilot study, 2011 [U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2013-5031]. Reston, VA: U.S. Department of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey.
• Bruce, B.W. and P.B. McMahon. (1998). Shallow ground-water quality of selected land-use/aquifer settings in the South Platte River Basin, Colorado and Nebraska, 1993-95 [U.S. Geological Survey Water-resources Investigations Report 97-4229]. Denver: U.S. Department of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey.
• Condon, S.M. (2005). Geologic studies of the Platte River, south-central Nebraska and adjacent areas, geologic maps, subsurface study, and geologic history [U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1706]. Reston, VA: U.S. Department of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey.
• Dennehy, D.F. et al. (1998). Water quality in the South Platte River Basin, Colorado, Nebraska, and Wyoming, 1992-95 [U.S. Geological Survey Circular 1167]. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Department of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey.
• Druliner, A.D., B.J. Esmoil, and J.M. Spears. (1999). Field screening of water quality, bottom sediment, and biota associated with irrigation drainage in the North Platte Project area, Nebraska and Wyoming, 1995 [U.S. Geological Survey Water-resources Investigations Report 98-4210]. Lincoln, NE: U.S. Department of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey.
• Hardgree, M. (1995). A selected bibliography on the hydrology of the Platte River Basin in Nebraska through 1991 [U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 94-496]. Lincoln, NE: U.S. Department of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey.
• Kimbrough, R.A. and D.W. Litke. (1998). Pesticides in surface water in agricultural and urban areas of the South Platte River Basin, from Denver, Colorado, to North Platte, Nebraska, 1993-94 [U.S. Geological Survey Water-resources Investigations Report 97-4230]. Denver: U.S. Department of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey.
• Larson, L.R. (1985). Water quality of the North Platte River, east-central Wyoming [U.S. Geological Survey Water-resources Investigations Report 84-4172]. Cheyenne, WY: U.S. Department of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey.
• Litke, D.W. (1996). Sources and loads of nutrients in the South Platte River, Colorado and Nebraska, 1994-95 [U.S. Geological Survey Water-resources Investigations Report 96-4029]. Denver: U.S. Department of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey.
• Sprague, L.A. and A.I. Greve. (2003). Changes in nutrient and pesticide concentrations in urban and agricultural areas of the South Platte River Basin, Colorado, Wyoming, and Nebraska, 1994-2000 [U.S. Geological Survey Water-resources Investigations Report 02-4270]. Denver: U.S. Department of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey.

外部連結

• 美國地質調查局地名資訊系統：Platte River