Republican River

Republican River
*Fourche des Republiques*,^[1]
Coster Blanches, Ki-ra-ru-tah, Mahohevaohe^[2]
Republican River; Fourche des Republiques,; Coster Blanches, Ki-ra-ru-tah, Mahohevaohe
	The Republican River near Riverton, Nebraska
	Map of the Kansas River drainage basin showing the Republican River
Location
Country	United States
States	Nebraska, Kansas, Colorado
Physical characteristics
Source confluence
• location	Haigler, Nebraska
• coordinates	40°01′12″N 101°56′16″W / 40.02000°N 101.93778°W
• elevation	3,253 ft (992 m)
Mouth	Kansas River
• location	Junction City, Kansas
• coordinates	39°03′36″N 96°48′05″W / 39.06000°N 96.80139°W
• elevation	1,043 ft (318 m)
Length	453 mi (729 km)
Basin size	24,900 sq mi (64,000 km2)
Discharge
• location	Junction City about 3 mi (4.8 km) above the mouth
• average	848 cu ft/s (24.0 m3/s)
• minimum	3.2 cu ft/s (0.091 m3/s)
• maximum	33,300 cu ft/s (940 m3/s)
Basin features
Tributaries
• left	North Fork Republican River,; Frenchman Creek, Red Willow Creek,; Medicine Creek
• right	Arikaree River,; South Fork Republican River,; Sappa Creek, Prairie Dog Creek,; White Rock Creek
Watersheds	Republican-Kansas-Missouri-Mississippi

The Republican River is a river in the central Great Plains of North America, rising in the High Plains of eastern Colorado and flowing east 453 miles (729 km)^[4] through the U.S. states of Nebraska and Kansas.

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^ ^a ^b ^c "Republican River". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved February 1, 2011.
^ "USGS Gage #06857100 on the Republican River at Junction City, KS" (PDF). National Water Information System. U.S. Geological Survey. 1964–2014. Retrieved January 21, 2014.
^ U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map, accessed March 25, 2011