Platte River (Iowa and Missouri)

Platte River
Platte River
	The Platte River near Platte City, Missouri
	Map of northern Missouri rivers
Location
Country	United States
State	Iowa, Missouri
District	Platte County, Missouri, Buchanan County, Missouri, Andrew County, Missouri, Nodaway County, Missouri, Worth County, Missouri, Taylor County, Iowa, Ringgold County, Iowa, Adams County, Iowa, Union County, Iowa
Physical characteristics
Source
• location	Creston, Iowa
• coordinates	41°08′57″N 94°23′00″W / 41.14917°N 94.38333°W
• elevation	1,340 ft (410 m)
Mouth	Missouri River
• location	Platte City, Missouri
• coordinates	39°15′51″N 94°50′15″W / 39.26417°N 94.83750°W
• elevation	738 ft (225 m)
Discharge
• location	Sharps Station, MO
• average	1,783 cu/ft. per sec.

The Platte River near its confluence with the Missouri River at Farley, Missouri

The Platte River is a tributary of the Missouri River, about 200 miles (320 km) long,^[4] in southwestern Iowa and northwestern Missouri in the United States. It is sometimes known as the Little Platte River to distinguish it from the larger Platte River, also a tributary of the Missouri, in nearby Nebraska; the Platte River of Missouri itself has a tributary known as the "Little Platte River".^[5]^[6]^[7]

^ ^a ^b ^c U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Platte River (Iowa and Missouri)
^ Orient, IA, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1981
^ "USGS Surface Water data for Missouri: USGS Surface-Water Annual Statistics".
^ U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map, accessed March 30, 2011
^ Columbia Gazetteer of North America entry for "Little Platte River" Archived 2007-03-12 at the Wayback Machine
^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Platte River
^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Little Platte River

[gnis-1] U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Platte River (Iowa and Missouri)

[2] Orient, IA, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1981

[3] "USGS Surface Water data for Missouri: USGS Surface-Water Annual Statistics".

[NHD-4] U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map, accessed March 30, 2011

[5] Columbia Gazetteer of North America entry for "Little Platte River" Archived 2007-03-12 at the Wayback Machine

[6] U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Platte River

[GNISLittle-7] U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Little Platte River

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