North Fork Smoky Hill River
| North Fork Smoky Hill River | |
| Country | United States |
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| State | Colorado, Kansas |
| Source | |
| - location | Cheyenne County, Colorado |
| - elevation | 4,811 ft (1,466 m) |
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| Mouth | Smoky Hill River |
| - location | Logan County, Kansas |
| - elevation | 2,940 ft (896 m) |
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| Length | 195 mi (314 km) |
| Basin | 759 sq mi (1,966 km2) |
| Watersheds | North Fork Smoky Hill-Smoky Hill-Kansas-Missouri-Mississippi |
 Map of the Smoky Hill drainage basin
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The North Fork Smoky Hill River is a river in the central Great Plains of North America. A tributary of the Smoky Hill River, it flows from eastern Colorado into western Kansas.[2][3]
Contents
Geography
The North Fork Smoky Hill River rises in the High Plains region of the Great Plains.[4] Its source lies in extreme northern Cheyenne County, Colorado 29 miles (47 km) west-northwest of Cheyenne Wells, the county seat. From there, the river flows east then east-northeast into Kansas.[2] In south-central Sherman County, it has been dammed to form a small reservoir, Sherman State Fishing Lake.[5][6] A few miles east of the reservoir, the river turns southeast and continues to its confluence with the Smoky Hill River in central Logan County 5 miles (8.0 km) west of Russell Springs.[3]
The river has a total length of 195 miles (314 km) and drains an area of 759 square miles (1,970 km2).[7]
Hydrology
The river is intermittent with water flowing only during and after rains.[8]
See also
References
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- ↑ U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map, accessed March 29, 2011
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