Ninnescah River
River in Kansas, United States
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The Ninnescah River is a river in the central Great Plains of North America. Its entire 56.4-mile (90.8 km) length lies within the U.S. state of Kansas. It is a tributary of the Arkansas River.[3]
| Ninnescah River | |
|---|---|
Ninnescah River at Peck, Kansas | |
 Map of the Arkansas River watershed including the Ninnescah River | |
| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Kansas |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source confluence | |
| • location | Sedgwick County, Kansas |
| • coordinates | 37°34′05″N 97°42′19″W |
| • elevation | 1,302 ft (397 m) |
| Mouth | Arkansas River |
• location | Sumner County, Kansas |
• coordinates | 37°19′17″N 97°09′59″W[1] |
• elevation | 1,152 ft (351 m) |
| Length | 56 mi (90 km) |
Basin size | 2,129 sq mi (5,510 km2) |
| Discharge | |
| • location | USGS 07145500 near Peck, KS[2] |
| • average | 522 cu ft/s (14.8 m3/s) |
| • minimum | 0.2 cu ft/s (0.0057 m3/s) |
| • maximum | 33,700 cu ft/s (950 m3/s) |
| Basin features | |
| Tributaries | |
| • left | North Fork Ninnescah River |
| • right | South Fork Ninnescah River |
Watersheds | Ninnescah-Arkansas- Mississippi |
Geography
The Ninnescah River originates in the Wellington Lowlands of south-central Kansas. It is formed in southwestern Sedgwick County by the confluence of the North Fork Ninnescah River and the South Fork Ninnescah River. From there, it flows southeast into the Arkansas River Lowlands. It empties into the Arkansas River roughly 3 miles (4.8 km) north of Oxford, Kansas in eastern Sumner County.[4]