The Ninnescah River is a river in the central

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. Its entire length lies within the

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. It is a

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of the

Arkansas River The Arkansas River is a major tributary of the Mississippi River. It generally flows to the east and southeast as it traverses the U.S. states of Colorado, Kansas, Oklahoma, and Arkansas. The river's source basin lies in the western United ...

.U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data
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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 The North Fork Ninnescah River is a river in the central Great Plains of North America. Its entire length lies within the U.S. state of Kansas. It is a tributary of the Ninnescah River. Geography The North Fork Ninnescah River originates in south ...

and the

South Fork Ninnescah River The South Fork Ninnescah River is a river in the central Great Plains of North America. Its entire length lies within the U.S. state of Kansas. It is a tributary of the Ninnescah River. Geography The South Fork Ninnescah River originates in south ...

. From there, it flows southeast into the Arkansas River Lowlands. It empties into the

roughly north of

Oxford, Kansas Oxford is a city in Sumner County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 1,048. History Oxford was founded in 1871 at the site of a former trading post. Oxford was incorporated as a city on October 17, ...

in eastern Sumner County.

References

* ''Kansas: a cyclopedia of state history, embracing events, institutions, industries, counties, cities, towns, prominent persons''. Standard Pub. Co. Chicago : 1912. Volume II. Page 370.

External links

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Continuous Real-Time Water-Quality Monitoring and Regression Analysis to Compute Constituent Concentrations and Loads in the North Fork Ninnescah River Upstream from Cheney Reservoir, South-Central Kansas, 1999-2012

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Rivers of Kansas Rivers of Sumner County, Kansas Rivers of Stafford County, Kansas Rivers of Reno County, Kansas Rivers of Pratt County, Kansas Rivers of Kingman County, Kansas Rivers of Sedgwick County, Kansas Tributaries of the Arkansas River {{Kansas-river-stub

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