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.

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All labels observed (7)

Label Occurrences
Kansas River canonical 68
Kansas River watershed 7
Kansas River valley 3

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf river ⓘ
watercourse ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Kaw River ⓘ
basinCountry United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
continent North America ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
crosses Douglas County, Kansas ⓘ
Geary County, Kansas ⓘ
Riley County, Kansas ⓘ
Shawnee County, Kansas ⓘ
Wyandotte County, Kansas ⓘ
directionOfFlow east ⓘ
drainageBasin Kansas River self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Kansas River watershed
ecoregion Great Plains ⓘ
surface form: 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, Missouri, United States ⓘ
surface form: Kansas City

Kansas City, Kansas ⓘ
namedAfter Kaw people ⓘ
surface form: Kansa people
passesThrough Kansas City metropolitan area ⓘ
Lawrence, Kansas ⓘ
Topeka, Kansas ⓘ
region Great Plains ⓘ
riverSystem Mississippi River watershed ⓘ
Missouri River Basin ⓘ
surface form: 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 (82)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Mill Creek (Kansas) → riverSystem → Kansas River ⓘ
Mill Creek (Kansas) → mouthLocatedIn → Kansas River ⓘ
Mill Creek (Kansas) → partOf → Kansas River ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kansas River watershed
Soldier Creek (Kansas) → mouthOfWatercourse → Kansas River ⓘ
Soldier Creek (Kansas) → tributaryOf → Kansas River ⓘ
Soldier Creek (Kansas) → riverSystem → Kansas River ⓘ
Soldier Creek (Kansas) → partOf → Kansas River ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kansas River watershed
Fort Riley, Kansas (named after him) → locatedOn → Kansas River ⓘ
subject surface form: Fort Riley
Kansas Territory (as namesake of Fort Riley) → namedAfter → Kansas River ⓘ
subject surface form: Kansas Territory
Kansas Governor’s Mansion (Cedar Crest) → overlooks → Kansas River ⓘ
Riley County, Kansas → hasRiver → Kansas River ⓘ
Smoky Hill River → isPartOf → Kansas River ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kansas River watershed
Smoky Hill River → mouthOf → Kansas River ⓘ
Smoky Hill River → confluenceForms → Kansas River ⓘ
Big Blue River → mouthOf → Kansas River ⓘ
Big Blue River → tributaryOf → Kansas River ⓘ
Big Blue River → confluenceWith → Kansas River ⓘ
Big Blue River → partOf → Kansas River ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kansas River watershed
Douglas County, Kansas → hasFeature → Kansas River ⓘ
Lawrence → locatedOnRiver → Kansas River ⓘ
subject surface form: Lawrence, Kansas
Edwardsville, Kansas → locatedOnRiver → Kansas River ⓘ
Wakarusa River → tributaryOf → Kansas River ⓘ
Wakarusa River → mouthLocatedIn → Kansas River ⓘ
Kansas Territory → namedAfter → Kansas River ⓘ
De Soto, Kansas → locatedOn → Kansas River ⓘ
Kaw River → alsoKnownAs → Kansas River ⓘ
Kansas City stormwater system → affects → Kansas River ⓘ
Wamego, Kansas → locatedOnRiver → Kansas River ⓘ
Wamego → locatedNear → Kansas River ⓘ
Lawrence metropolitan area → hasRiver → Kansas River ⓘ
Tuttle Creek Lake → floodControlFor → Kansas River ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kansas River basin
Tuttle Creek Lake → isPartOf → Kansas River ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kansas River watershed