Kansas River

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river watercourse

The Kansas River is a major river in northeastern Kansas that flows eastward to join the Missouri River, forming an important waterway and watershed in the central United States.

Aliases (4)

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	river → watercourse →
alsoKnownAs	Kaw River →
basinCountry	United States →
continent	North America →
country	United States →
crosses	Douglas County, Kansas → Geary County, Kansas → Riley County, Kansas → Shawnee County, Kansas → Wyandotte County, Kansas →
directionOfFlow	east →
drainageBasin	Kansas River watershed →
ecoregion	Central Great Plains →
flowsInto	Missouri River →
formsPartOf	central United States waterway network →
hasFloodRisk	yes →
hasTributary	Big Blue River → Delaware River (Kansas) → Mill Creek (Kansas) → Soldier Creek (Kansas) → Wakarusa River →
isImportantFor	habitat for fish and wildlife → regional water resources → transportation history in Kansas →
isMajorTributaryOf	Missouri River →
length	approximately 238 miles → approximately 383 kilometers →
locatedIn	Kansas →
locatedInRegion	Northeastern Kansas →
mouth	Missouri River →
mouthLocation	Kansas City → Kansas City, Kansas →
namedAfter	Kansa people →
passesThrough	Kansas City metropolitan area → Lawrence, Kansas → Topeka, Kansas →
region	Great Plains →
riverSystem	Mississippi River watershed → Missouri River basin →
sourceConfluence	Republican River → Smoky Hill River →
sourceConfluenceLocation	Junction City, Kansas →
state	Kansas →
usedFor	irrigation → municipal water supply → navigation (limited) → recreation →

Referenced by (26)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
KC metro → Kansas City metropolitan area → Kansas City, Missouri → Wamego, Kansas, United States →	hasRiver
Kansas City, Kansas → Wamego, Kansas, United States → Wyandotte County, Kansas →	locatedOn
Kansas City, Missouri → Pottawatomie County, Kansas ("Kansas River (regionally)") → Topeka, Kansas →	locatedOnRiver
Kansas City, Missouri → Town of Kansas →	namedAfter
Kaw →	associatedRiver
Kansas City, Missouri →	borders
Missouri–Kansas state line →	crossedByRiver
Kansas River ("Kansas River watershed") →	drainageBasin
Smoky Hill River →	forms
Kaw Nation →	gaveNameTo
Missouri River →	hasTributary
Kaw Nation ("Kansas River valley") →	historicalTerritory
Town of Kansas →	locatedNear
Kansas City, Kansas →	namedFor
Charles B. Wheeler Downtown Airport →	nearbyWaterBody
Kaw ("Lower Kansas River valley") →	traditionalRegion
Northeastern Kansas →	traversedBy
Smoky Hill River →	tributaryOf