Arikaree River

Arikaree River Arikara Fork Republican River
Arikaree River Valley at the location of the Battle of Beecher Island near Wray, Colorado
Republican River watershed; the Arikaree is in orange at far left
Etymology	Arikaree for horn
Native name	Ononio'he (Arikara)
Location
Country	United States
State	Colorado, Kansas, Nebraska
Physical characteristics
Source
• location	Elbert County, Colorado
• coordinates	39°22′36″N 103°46′44″W / 39.37667°N 103.77889°W / 39.37667; -103.77889
• elevation	5,908 ft (1,801 m)
Mouth	Republican River
• location	Haigler, Nebraska
• coordinates	40°01′13″N 101°56′17″W / 40.02028°N 101.93806°W / 40.02028; -101.93806[1]
• elevation	3,241 ft (988 m)
Length	156 mi (251 km)
Basin size	1,743 sq mi (4,510 km2)
Discharge
• location	USGS 06821500 at Haigler, NE[2]
• average	16.7 cu ft/s (0.47 m3/s)
• minimum	0 cu ft/s (0 m3/s)
• maximum	17,000 cu ft/s (480 m3/s)
Basin features
Tributaries
• left	North Fork Arikaree River - Black Wolf Creek
Watersheds	Arikaree-Republican-Kansas- Missouri-Mississippi

The Arikaree River is a 156-mile-long (251 km)^[3] river in the central Great Plains of North America. It lies mostly in the American state of Colorado, draining land between the North and South Forks of the Republican River, and it flows into the North Fork in Nebraska after flowing a short distance through Kansas.^[4] It is a designated area within the Colorado Natural Areas Program to protect native and uncommon species that may be endangered or threatened.