List of rivers of Kansas

This is a list of rivers in Kansas (U.S. state).

Map of principal rivers in Kansas

By drainage basin

This list is arranged by drainage basin, with respective tributaries indented under each larger stream's name.

Mississippi River Basin

Arkansas River Basin

• Arkansas River
  • Neosho River
    • Spring River
      • Shoal Creek
    • Cottonwood River
  • Verdigris River
    • Caney River
    • Elk River
    • Fall River
  • Cimarron River
    • North Fork Cimarron River
  • Salt Fork Arkansas River
    • Chikaskia River
    • Medicine Lodge River
  • Grouse Creek
  • Walnut River
    • Little Walnut River
    • Whitewater River
  • Ninnescah River
    • North Fork Ninnescah River
    • South Fork Ninnescah River
  • Little Arkansas River
  • Cow Creek
  • Rattlesnake Creek
  • Walnut Creek
  • Pawnee River
    • Buckner Creek
  • Bear Creek

Missouri River Basin

• Missouri River
  • Osage River (MO)
    • Little Osage River
      • Marmaton River
    • Marais des Cygnes River
  • Blue River
    • Brush Creek
  • Kansas River
    • Stranger Creek
    • Wakarusa River
    • Delaware River
    • Mission Creek
    • Big Blue River
      • Black Vermillion River
      • Little Blue River
      • Indian Creek
    • Republican River
      • Buffalo Creek
      • White Rock Creek
      • Prairie Dog Creek
      • Sappa Creek
        • Beaver Creek
          • Little Beaver Creek
      • South Fork Republican River
      • Arikaree River
    • Smoky Hill River
      • Solomon River
        • North Fork Solomon River
        • South Fork Solomon River
      • Saline River
      • Big Creek
      • Hackberry Creek
      • Ladder Creek
      • North Fork Smoky Hill River
  • Wolf River
  • Big Nemaha River

Alphabetically

• Arikaree River
• Arkansas River
• Beaver Creek
• Big Blue River
• Big Creek
• Big Nemaha River
• Black Vermillion River
• Blue River
• Brush Creek
• Buckner Creek
• Buffalo Creek
• Caney River
• Chikaskia River
• Cimarron River
• Cottonwood River
• Cow Creek
• Delaware River
• Elk River
• Fall River
• Grouse Creek
• Hackberry Creek
• Kansas River
• Ladder Creek
• Little Arkansas River
• Little Beaver Creek
• Little Blue River
• Little Osage River
• Little Walnut River
• Marais des Cygnes River
• Marmaton River
• Medicine Lodge River
• Mission Creek
• Missouri River
• Neosho River
• Ninnescah River
• North Fork Ninnescah River
• North Fork Smoky Hill River
• North Fork Solomon River
• Pawnee River
• Prairie Dog Creek
• Rattlesnake Creek
• Republican River
• Saline River
• Salt Fork Arkansas River
• Sappa Creek
• Shoal Creek
• Smoky Hill River
• Solomon River
• South Fork Ninnescah River
• South Fork Republican River
• South Fork Solomon River
• Spring River
• Stranger Creek
• Verdigris River
• Wakarusa River
• Walnut Creek
• Walnut River
• White Rock Creek
• Whitewater River
• Wolf River

Largest rivers

Below are the statistics for the average flow in cubic feet of water per second (cfs) for the largest rivers in Kansas between 1949 and 2013. One cubic foot equals .0283 cubic meters. Average water flow varies seasonally and annually.

River	Cubic feet per second flow	Location of monitoring station
Missouri River	54,280	Near Kansas City
Kansas (Kaw) River	7,464	Near junction with Missouri River
Verdigris River	3,260	Near Coffeyville
Neosho (Grand) River	2,924	Near Parsons
Arkansas River	2,881	Near Oklahoma state line
Big Blue River	2,325	Near Manhattan
Marais des Cygnes River	2,219	Near Missouri state line
Smoky Hill River	1,540	Near Enterprise
Walnut River	924	Near Winfield
Cottonwood River	879	Near Plymouth
Republican River	839	Near Junction City
Delaware River	682	Near Perry
Little Blue River	672	Near Barnes
Solomon River	550	Near Niles
Fall River	536	Near Fredonia
Ninnescah River	528	Near Peck
Little Arkansas River	315	Valley Center
Caney River	288	Near Elgin
Chikaskia River	264	Near Corbin
Stranger Creek	247	Near Tonganoxie
Wakarusa River	220	Near Lawrence
Saline River	214	Near Tescott
Whitewater River	210	Near Towanda
South Fork Ninnescah River	210	Near Murdock
Mill Creek	189	Near Paxico
Lightning Creek	171	Near McCune
Black Vermillion River	169	Near Frankfort
Elk River	161	Near Elk Falls
Soldier Creek	158	Near Topeka
Medicine Lodge River	151	Near Kiowa
Turkey Creek (Nemaha County)	126	Near Seneca
North Fork Solomon River	116	Near Portis
South Fork Solomon River	105	Near Osborne
Indian Creek	102	Near Leawood

Source: "Water Resources Data for the United States," United States Geological Survey, , Search: Kansas.

See also

• List of rivers in the United States

References

• USGS Geographic Names Information Service
• USGS Hydrologic Unit Map - State of Kansas (1974)

External links

• M. A. Sophocleous and B. B. Wilson, "Surface Water in Kansas and its Interactions With Groundwater"
• USGS: Water resources in Kansas: streamflow conditions map