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Henry Creek
Henry Creek is a stream in the U.S. state of Kansas Kansas ( ) is a landlocked U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. It borders Nebraska to the north; Missouri to the east; Oklahoma to the south; and Colorado to the west. Kansas is named a .... Henry Creek was named for Henry Comstock, a pioneer who settled there. See also * List of rivers of Kansas References Rivers of Butler County, Kansas Rivers of Kansas {{Kansas-river-stub ...
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Kansas
Kansas ( ) is a landlocked U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. It borders Nebraska to the north; Missouri to the east; Oklahoma to the south; and Colorado to the west. Kansas is named after the Kansas River, in turn named after the Kaw people, Kansa people. Its List of capitals in the United States, capital is Topeka, Kansas, Topeka, and its List of cities in Kansas, most populous city is Wichita, Kansas, Wichita; however, the largest urban area is the bi-state Kansas City metropolitan area split between Kansas and Missouri. For thousands of years, what is now Kansas was home to numerous and diverse Plains Indians, Indigenous tribes. The first settlement of non-indigenous people in Kansas occurred in 1827 at Fort Leavenworth. The pace of settlement accelerated in the 1850s, in the midst of political wars over the Slavery in the United States, slavery debate. When it was officially opened to settlement by the U.S. governm ...
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List Of Rivers Of Kansas
This is a list of rivers in Kansas (U.S. state). 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 *** Little Osage River ****Marmaton River *** Marais des Cygnes River ** Blue River *** Brush Creek **Kansas River *** Stranger Creek *** Wakarusa River ***Delaware River ...
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Rivers Of Butler County, Kansas
A river is a natural stream of fresh water that flows on land or inside caves towards another body of water at a lower elevation, such as an ocean, lake, or another river. A river may run dry before reaching the end of its course if it runs out of water, or only flow during certain seasons. Rivers are regulated by the water cycle, the processes by which water moves around the Earth. Water first enters rivers through precipitation, whether from rainfall, the runoff of water down a slope, the melting of glaciers or snow, or seepage from aquifers beneath the surface of the Earth. Rivers flow in channeled watercourses and merge in confluences to form drainage basins, or catchments, areas where surface water eventually flows to a common outlet. Rivers have a great effect on the landscape around them. They may regularly overflow their banks and flood the surrounding area, spreading nutrients to the surrounding area. Sediment or alluvium carried by rivers shapes the landscape aro ...
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