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The Kansas River (known locally as the Kaw) is a river in northeastern Kansas in the United States. It is the southwestern-most part of the Missouri River drainage, which is in turn the northwestern-most portion of the extensive Mississippi River drainage. Its name (and nickname) come from the Kanza (Kaw) people who once inhabited the area. The state of Kansas in turn drew its name from the river.[1][2] Image File history File links Kansas_River. ...
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The Turner Diagonal is a short freeway in Kansas City, Kansas. ...
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Official language(s) none Capital Topeka Largest city Wichita Area Ranked 15th - Total 82,277 sq mi (213,096 km²) - Width 211 miles (340 km) - Length 417 miles (645 km) - % water 0. ...
The Missouri River is a tributary of the Mississippi River in the United States. ...
Drainage is the natural or artificial removal of surface and sub-surface water from a given area. ...
The Mississippi River, derived from the old Ojibwe word misi-ziibi meaning great river (gichi-ziibi big river at its headwaters), is the second-longest named river in North America, with a length of 2320 miles (3733 km) from Lake Itasca to the Gulf of Mexico. ...
The Kaw (or Kanza ) are an American Indian people of the central Midwestern United States. ...
The river valley averages 2.6 miles (4.2 km) in width, with the widest points being between Wamego and Rossville, where it is up to 4 miles (6.4 km) wide, then narrowing to 1 mile (1.6 km) or less in places below Eudora. Much of the river's watershed is dammed for flood control, but the Kaw is generally free-flowing and has only minor obstructions, including diversion weirs and one low impact hydroelectric dam. Wamego is a city in Pottawatomie County, Kansas, United States. ...
Rossville is a city located in Shawnee County, Kansas. ...
Eudora is a city located in Douglas County, Kansas. ...
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Course Beginning at the confluence of the Republican and Smoky Hill rivers, just east of the aptly-named Junction City (1030 ft), the Kaw flows some 170 miles generally eastward to join the Missouri River at Kaw Point (730 ft) in Kansas City. Dropping only 320 feet on its journey seaward, the water in the Kaw falls less than 2 feet per mile. The Kansas River valley is 138 miles long; the surplus length of the river is due to its meandering across the floodplain. This course roughly follows the maximum extent of the Kansan Glaciation, and the river likely began as a path of glacial meltwater drainage. The Republican River rises on the high plains of eastern Colorado in the United States. ...
The Smoky Hill River is a 560-mile river in Colorado and Kansas. ...
Junction City is a city located in Geary County, Kansas, United States. ...
The Missouri River is a tributary of the Mississippi River in the United States. ...
Kaw Point is the name given to the point where the Kansas River terminates at the Missouri River in the West Bottoms area of Kansas City, Kansas. ...
Kansas City is the third largest city in the U.S. state of Kansas and the county seat of Wyandotte County; it is part of the Unified Government [1] which also includes the cities of Bonner Springs and Edwardsville. ...
Meanders in a river A meander is a bend in a river, also known as an oxbow loop. ...
Gravel floodplain of a glacial river near the Snow Mountains in Alaska, 1902. ...
The Kansan Glaciation (known in UK as the Anglian Glaciation and sometimes referred to as the Illinoian Glaciation, Elster glaciation in northern Europe and the Mindel glaciation in the Alps) was a very severe glacial period in the Pleistocene. ...
Drainage
 The Kansas River at Lawrence showing the Bowersock Dam (right) and power station (rear center) at a period of very low water flow
 The Kansas River at Lawrence showing the Bowersock Dam (right) and power station (rear center) at a period of very high water flow, several feet above flood stage
Kansas drainage basins map The Kansas drains 34,423 mi² (89,155 km²) of land in Kansas (almost all of the northern half), along with 16,916 mi² (43,812 km²) in Nebraska, and 8,775 mi² (22,727 km²) in Colorado, making a total of just over 60,000 mi² (155,000 km²).[3] When including the Republican River, the Kansas River system has a length of 743 river miles, making it the 21st longest river in the United States.[4] It highest headwaters are at about 6,000 ft and extend nearly to Limon, Colorado. Much of the drainage of the river lies within the Great Plains, but the river itself exists entirely within the Mid Continent Region. The majority of the rest of the state is drained by the Arkansas (and its tributaties, the Neosho, Cimarron, and Virdigris, all three of which drain into the Arkansas in Oklahoma). A portion of central-eastern Kansas is drained by the Marais des Cygnes River, which then flows into Missouri to meet the Missouri River. There is also a small area in the extreme northeast part of the state that drains directly into the Missouri. Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 × 420 pixelsFull resolution (1024 × 537 pixel, file size: 192 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Kansas River Metadata This file contains...
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Lawrence is a river city in Douglas County, Kansas, 41 miles (66 km) west of Kansas City, along the banks of both the Kaw and Wakarusa Rivers. ...
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Lawrence is a river city in Douglas County, Kansas, 41 miles (66 km) west of Kansas City, along the banks of both the Kaw and Wakarusa Rivers. ...
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Official language(s) English Capital Lincoln Largest city Omaha Largest metro area Omaha Area Ranked 16th - Total 77,421 sq mi (200,520 km²) - Width 210 miles (340 km) - Length 430 miles (690 km) - % water 0. ...
Official language(s) English Capital Denver Largest city Denver Area Ranked 8th - Total 104,185 sq mi (269,837 km²) - Width 280 miles (451 km) - Length 380 miles (612 km) - % water 0. ...
The Republican River rises on the high plains of eastern Colorado in the United States. ...
Limon is a town in Lincoln County, Colorado, United States. ...
The Great Plains covers much of the central United States, portions of Canada and Mexico. ...
The Mid-Continent Region is a physiographic province that extends from northern Texas to Minnesota and covers portions of North and South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Missouri, and Iowa. ...
The Arkansas River flows through Colorado, Kansas, Oklahoma, and Arkansas. ...
The Neosho River is a tributary of the Arkansas River in eastern Kansas and northeastern Oklahoma in the United States. ...
The Cimarron is a river in the USA. It rises near Folsom, New Mexico, and flows through New Mexico, Oklahoma, Colorado, and Kansas before reaching the Arkansas above Tulsa, Oklahoma. ...
The Verdigris River is a tributary of the Arkansas River in southeastern Kansas and northeastern Oklahoma in the United States. ...
Official language(s) None Capital Oklahoma City Largest city Oklahoma City Area Ranked 20th - Total 69,960 sq mi (181,196 km²) - Width 230 miles (370 km) - Length 298 miles (480 km) - % water 1. ...
The Marais des Cygnes River (muhr-ee duh SEEN) is a principal tributary of the Osage River, about 140 mi (225 km) long, in eastern Kansas and western Missouri in the United States. ...
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Geology The Kansas river flows through what is known as the Stable Interior region. Since this region is near the center of the large North American Plate, it has not experienced any extensive faulting, folding, or mountain building during most of its geologic history. The age of the rock exposed by the river becomes progressively older as the river moves downstream for two main reasons. Firstly, downstream areas experience more erosion from increased waterflow, and secondly because of the slight uplift of the Ozark dome to the southeast. All of the rocks in the area are sedimentary, ranging from Late Pennsylvanian (300 million years ago) to recent, with three minor exceptions. The first is sands and gravel brought down from the Rocky Mountains which have settled in the western extents of the Kansas River basin. Secondly, the retreat of the Kansan Glaciation left behind a combination of ice- and meltwater-deposited sediments known as drifta, a poorly sorted mixture of clay, sand, gravel, and even large boulders that cover parts of the extreme eastern portion of the Kansas River basin. The third is loess, a fine silt that may have originally been deposited by the melting water of the receding glaciers, then redeposited by the wind. The thickest loess deposits can be found in the northwest and north-central part of the Kansas River basin from southern Nebraska into northwest Kansas, as well as near the river's mouth.[5] Because of the river's shallow depth, slow drainage, high silt contents and proximity to industrial centers, the Kansas River was ranked as the 21st most polluted water body in the United States. [6] The North American plate, shown in brown The North American Plate is a tectonic plate covering most of North America, extending eastward to the Mid-Atlantic Ridge and westward to the Cherskiy Range in East Siberia. ...
Geologic faults, fault lines or simply faults are planar rock fractures, which show evidence of relative movement. ...
Very tight folds. ...
Lyskamm, 4 527 m, Pennine Alps A mountain is a landform that extends above the surrounding terrain in a limited area. ...
The rocky side of a mountain creek near OrosÃ, Costa Rica. ...
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The Late Pennsylvanian (also known as the Upper Pennsylvanian) is the third and final of three subepochs of the Pennsylvanian epoch of the Carboniferous period. ...
Patterns in the sand Sand is a granular material made up of fine rock particles. ...
Gravel being unloaded from a barge Gravel is rock that is of a certain grain size range. ...
The Rocky Mountains, often called the Rockies, are a broad mountain range in western North America. ...
The Kansan Glaciation (known in UK as the Anglian Glaciation and sometimes referred to as the Illinoian Glaciation, Elster glaciation in northern Europe and the Mindel glaciation in the Alps) was a very severe glacial period in the Pleistocene. ...
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History - The first map showing the Kansas River is French cartographer Guillaume de L'Isle's "Carte de la Louisiane," which was drawn about 1718. On it the "Grande Riv[iere] des Cansez" flows into the Missouri River at about the 40th parallel.[7] This map, with virtually no changes except for the translation of French into English, was subsequently published by John Senex, a London cartographer and engraver, in 1721.
- Native Americans, of course, used the river for transportation long before any Europeans knew of its existence. Their canoes, and the pirogues of the French fur traders, had a negligible draft and easily navigated the river at any water level. In August, 1819, Maj. Stephen H. Long steered the first steamer into the Kansas river with his 30-ton boat Western Engineer. He made it scarcely a mile up the river before turning back, citing mud bars from the recent floods.
- The mouth of the Kaw in the West Bottoms area of Kansas City (sitting at a longitude of 94 degrees 36 minutes West) was the basis for the Missouri's western boundary from Iowa to Arkansas when it became a state in 1821. (Kansas entered the Union in 1861.) South of the Missouri River, that longitude still remains the boundary between Kansas and Missouri. North of the Missouri River, the state of Missouri extended its boundary further to the west in 1836 with the Platte Purchase. The river has moved slightly since this designation, however the state boundary remains the same. This line is known as the Osage Boundary[8].
- Beginning in 1854, steamboats operated regularly from Kansas City to Lawrence and Topeka, and sometimes as far as Fort Riley. This traffic continued through the territorial period and the early years of statehood, falling off rapidly about 1860. The last steamer to travel the Kansas was the Alexander Majors, which was chartered in 1866 to run between Kansas City and Lawrence until the railroad bridge at the mouth of the river, which had been destroyed by floods, could be rebuilt. This traffic into statehood gave the Kansas legal status as a navigable stream in the eyes of the Federal government.
- In the 1860s, the country's goods were increasingly transported by the extensive and comparatively efficient railroad system. On February 25, 1864, the state legislature declared the Kansas River nonnavigable, allowing railroad and bridge companies to build bridges and dams without restriction. This law remained in effect until 1913, when, after it had been characterized as "a crime against the public welfare of Kansas," it was finally repealed and the river's status was restored to a navigable stream. The status has not since changed, though modern commercial navigation on the river is largely confined to dredging.
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Kaw Point is the name given to the point where the Kansas River terminates at the Missouri River in the West Bottoms area of Kansas City, Kansas. ...
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The West Bottoms is an industrial area immediately to the west of downtown Kansas City, Missouri at the confluence of the Missouri River and Kansas River. ...
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Fort Riley is a census-designated place and United States Army post, in Northeast Kansas, on the Kansas River. ...
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Dredging is the process by which either new waterways are created or existing waterways are deepened. ...
Political geography (Listed from mouth upstream.)
Counties Wyandotte County (standard abbreviation: WY and commonly referred to as The Dotte by its residents) is a county located in the U.S. state of Kansas. ...
Johnson County (standard abbreviation: JO) is a county located in the state of Kansas. ...
Jefferson County (standard abbreviation: JF) is a county located in the state of Kansas. ...
Douglas County (standard abbreviation: DG) is a county located in the U.S. state of Kansas. ...
Shawnee County (standard abbreviation: SN) is a county located in the U.S. state of Kansas. ...
Pottawatomie County (standard abbreviation: PT) is a county located in the state of Kansas. ...
Wabaunsee County (standard abbreviation: WB) is a county located in the state of Kansas. ...
Riley County (standard abbreviation: RL) is a county located in the state of Kansas. ...
Geary County (standard abbreviation: GE) is a county located in the state of Kansas. ...
Cities and towns (major cities in bold) Kansas City is the third largest city in the U.S. state of Kansas and the county seat of Wyandotte County; it is part of the Unified Government [1] which also includes the cities of Bonner Springs and Edwardsville. ...
Shawnee is a rapidly growing community located in northwest Johnson County, Kansas and is a western suburb of Kansas City, Missouri. ...
Edwardsville is a city located in Wyandotte County, Kansas and is part of the Unified Government which contains Kansas City, Kansas, Bonner Springs, Kansas and Edwardsville, Kansas. ...
Bonner Springs is a city located in Wyandotte and Johnson counties in Kansas and is part of the Unified Government which contains Kansas City, Kansas, Bonner Springs, Kansas and Edwardsville, Kansas. ...
De Soto is a city located in Johnson County, Kansas. ...
Lawrence is a river city in Douglas County, Kansas, 41 miles (66 km) west of Kansas City, along the banks of both the Kaw and Wakarusa Rivers. ...
Lecompton is a city located in Douglas County, Kansas, USA. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 608. ...
Perry is a city located in Jefferson County, Kansas. ...
Tecumseh, is an unincorporated town in Kansas, dating from the 1850s. ...
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Willard is a city located in Shawnee and Wabaunsee counties in Kansas. ...
Belvue is a city located in Pottawatomie County, Kansas. ...
Wamego is a city in Pottawatomie County, Kansas, United States. ...
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Riley County Courthouse, Manhattan Manhattan is a town located in northeastern Kansas at the junction of the Kansas River and Big Blue River. ...
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Fort Riley is a United States Army installation in northeastern Kansas, near Manhattan and Junction City. ...
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Tributaries The Wakarusa River is a tributary of the Kansas River, approximately 50 mi (80 km) long, in eastern Kansas in the United States. ...
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The Republican River rises on the high plains of eastern Colorado in the United States. ...
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Recreation Recreation along the Kansas River includes fishing, canoeing and kayaking, and rowing. There are 18 public access points along the river.[1] The Friends of the Kaw organizes many float trips down the river each year (as well as cleanup efforts), and the Lawrence KOA rents canoes for self-guided trips. At least two rowing teams regularly use the river: The University of Kansas rowing team uses the pool above the Bowersock dam for their exercises, and the Kansas City Rowing Club rows in the final stretches of the river, near its mouth. Fishing is the activity of hunting for fish by hooking, trapping, or gathering. ...
Canoeing is the recreational or sporting activity of paddling a canoe or kayak. ...
Kayaking is the use of a kayak for moving across water. ...
A coxless pair which is a sweep-oar boat. ...
The University of Kansas (often referred to as KU) is an institution of higher learning in Lawrence, Kansas. ...
Obstructions
On the river - Kansas City: A few hundred yards downstream from the I-435 bridge, a low weir diverts water to an intake for Kansas City.
- Lawrence: Bowersock Dam is the largest obstruction on the river. It serves not only to create a standing pool for one of Lawrence's municipal water intakes (the other is Clinton Lake), but also it creates a head for the Bowersock Mills & Power Company. At this site, the Bowersock Mills & Power Company operates the only hydroelectric power station in Kansas; a 2.5MW, Low Impact Hydropower Facility. The University of Kansas's rowing team uses the pool for its exercises.
- Tecumseh: An easily navigable low head weir that diverts water to the Tecumseh power plant, just downstream from Topeka.
- Topeka: A low weir diverts water to the south bank for a municipal water intake.
Interstate 435 (abbreviated I-435) is an Interstate Highway beltway that encircles much of the Kansas City metropolitan area in the states of Kansas and Missouri, USA. I-435, a spur route of Interstate 35, is 80. ...
The bridge and weir mechanism at Sturminster Newton on the River Stour, Dorset. ...
Clinton Lake Clinton Lake is a man-made lake on the western edge of Lawrence, Kansas. ...
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Within the watershed The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the Bureau of Land Management operate many reservoirs within the watershed of the Kansas river for local and Mississippi River flood control, with secondary recreational uses. United States Army Corps of Engineers logo The United States Army Corps of Engineers, or USACE, is made up of some 34,600 civilian and 650 military men and women. ...
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See also This is a list of rivers in the State of Kansas Arkansas River Beaver River Big Blue River Chikaskia River Cimarron River Cottonwood River Delaware River Elk River Fall River Grouse River Kansas River Little Arkansas River Marais des Cygnes River Missouri River Neosho River Ninnescah River Republican River Saline...
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