This is a list of river

River

A river is a natural watercourse, usually freshwater, flowing towards an ocean, a lake, a sea, or another river. In a few cases, a river simply flows into the ground or dries up completely before reaching another body of water. Small rivers may also be called by several other names, including...

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Kansas

Kansas is a US state located in the Midwestern United States. It is named after the Kansas River which flows through it, which in turn was named after the Kansa Native American tribe, which inhabited the area. The tribe's name is often said to mean "people of the wind" or "people of the south...

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By drainage basin

Drainage basin

A drainage basin is an extent or an area of land where surface water from rain and melting snow or ice converges to a single point, usually the exit of the basin, where the waters join another waterbody, such as a river, lake, reservoir, estuary, wetland, sea, or ocean...

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

Arkansas River Basin

• Arkansas River
  Arkansas River
  The Arkansas River is a major tributary of the Mississippi River. The Arkansas generally flows to the east and southeast as it traverses the U.S. states of Colorado, Kansas, Oklahoma, and Arkansas. The river's initial basin starts in the Western United States in Colorado, specifically the Arkansas...
  
  
  • Neosho River
    Neosho River
    The Neosho River is a tributary of the Arkansas River in eastern Kansas and northeastern Oklahoma in the United States. Its tributaries also drain portions of Missouri and Arkansas. The river is about long. Via the Arkansas, it is part of the Mississippi River watershed.- Course :The Neosho's...
    
    
    • Spring River
      Spring River (Missouri)
      The Spring River is a waterway located in southwestern Missouri, southeastern Kansas, and northeastern Oklahoma. It begins in northern Barry County, Missouri south of Aurora, flows north of Verona and turns west across Lawrence and Jasper counties, passing through Carthage, before crossing into...
      
      
      • Shoal Creek
        Shoal Creek (Missouri)
        Shoal Creek is an stream in southwest Missouri and southeast Kansas. It begins in northern Barry County, Missouri and flows west through Newton and Jasper counties in Missouri before emptying into the Spring River near Riverton in Cherokee County, Kansas....
        
        
    • Cottonwood River
  • Verdigris River
    Verdigris River
    The Verdigris River is a tributary of the Arkansas River in southeastern Kansas and northeastern Oklahoma in the United States. It is about long...
    
    
    • Caney River
      Caney River
      The Caney River is a river in southern Kansas and northeastern Oklahoma. The river is a tributary of the Verdigris River, and is usually a flatwater stream....
      
      
    • Elk River
      Elk River (Kansas)
      The Elk River is a tributary of the Verdigris River in southeastern Kansas in the United States. Via the Verdigris and Arkansas rivers, it is part of the Mississippi River watershed.-Description and course:...
      
      
    • Fall River
  • Cimarron River
    • North Fork Cimarron River
  • Salt Fork Arkansas River
    Salt Fork Arkansas River
    The Salt Fork of the Arkansas River is a tributary of the Arkansas River in southern Kansas and northern Oklahoma in the United States. Via the Arkansas River, it is part of the watershed of the Mississippi River.-Course:...
    
    
    • Chikaskia River
      Chikaskia River
      The Chikaskia River is a tributary of the Salt Fork of the Arkansas River in southern Kansas and northern Oklahoma in the United States...
      
      
    • Medicine Lodge River
      Medicine Lodge River
      The Medicine Lodge River is a tributary of the Salt Fork of the Arkansas River in southern Kansas and northern Oklahoma in the United States. Via the Salt Fork and Arkansas rivers, it is part of the watershed of the Mississippi River....
      
      
  • Grouse Creek
  • Walnut River
    • Little Walnut River
    • Whitewater River
      Whitewater River (Kansas)
      The Whitewater River is a tributary of the Walnut River in southern Kansas in the United States. Via the Walnut and Arkansas Rivers, it is part of the watershed of the Mississippi River....
      
      
  • Ninnescah River
    • North Fork Ninnescah River
    • South Fork Ninnescah River
  • Little Arkansas River
    Little Arkansas River
    The Little Arkansas River is a river located in south-central Kansas. It rises in northern Rice County just north of Lyons and flows southeast past Buhler and Halstead to meet the Arkansas River in Wichita....
    
    
  • Cow Creek
    Cow Creek (Kansas)
    Cow Creek is a stream in Rice County, Kansas. From Lyons, Kansas, it is four miles west and one mile south. The Santa Fe Trail went over Cow Creek. Buffalo Bill Mathewson ran a trading post here at this location during the 1850s.-External articles and references:* ""* * "". View From USGS Aerial...
    
    
  • Rattlesnake Creek
  • Walnut Creek
  • Pawnee River
    Pawnee River
    The Pawnee River is a river in southwestern Kansas in the United States, about long. It is a tributary of the Arkansas River, which in turn is a branch of the Mississippi River....
    
    
    • Buckner Creek

Missouri River Basin

• Missouri River
  Missouri River
  The Missouri River flows through the central United States, and is a tributary of the Mississippi River. It is the longest river in North America and drains the third largest area, though only the thirteenth largest by discharge. The Missouri's watershed encompasses most of the American Great...
  
  
  • Osage River (MO)
    • Little Osage River
      Little Osage River
      The Little Osage River is an tributary of the Osage River in eastern Kansas and western Missouri in the United States. Via the Osage and Missouri rivers, it is part of the watershed of the Mississippi River.-Course:...
      
      
      • Marmaton River
        Marmaton River
        The Marmaton River is a tributary of the Little Osage River in southeastern Kansas and western Missouri in the United States...
        
        
    • Marais des Cygnes River
      Marais des Cygnes River
      The Marais des Cygnes River is a principal tributary of the Osage River, about long, in eastern Kansas and western Missouri in the United States. Via the Osage and Missouri rivers, it is part of the watershed of the Mississippi River...
      
      
  • Blue River
    Blue River (Missouri)
    The Blue River is a stream that flows through Johnson County, Kansas and Jackson County, Missouri in the Kansas City Metropolitan Area. The river rises in Johnson County near the border of the states of Kansas and Missouri...
    
    
    • Brush Creek
  • Kansas River
    Kansas River
    The Kansas River is a river in northeastern Kansas in the United States. It is the southwestern-most part of the Missouri River drainage, which is in turn the northwestern-most portion of the extensive Mississippi River drainage. Its name come from the Kanza people who once inhabited the area...
    
    
    • Stranger Creek
    • Wakarusa River
      Wakarusa River
      The Wakarusa River is a tributary of the Kansas River, approximately long, in eastern Kansas in the United States. It drains an agricultural area of rolling limestone hills south of Topeka and Lawrence.-Description:...
      
      
    • Delaware River
      Delaware River (Kansas)
      The Delaware River is a river located in the northeastern part of the state of Kansas. The Delaware River basin drains from the outflow of the Perry Lake reservoir...
      
      
    • Mission Creek
      Mission Creek (Kansas)
      Mission Creek is a water body west of Topeka, Kansas. The tributary of the Kansas River goes through Wabaunsee County and Shawnee County, Kansas . Native American tribes lived in the area during the Kansas Territory years. It was an important Underground Railroad site...
      
      
    • Big Blue River
      Big Blue River (Kansas)
      The Big Blue River is the largest tributary of the Kansas River. The river flows for approximately from central Nebraska into Kansas, where it intersects with the Kansas River east of Manhattan. It was given its name by the Kansa tribe of Native Americans, who lived at its mouth from 1780 to...
      
      
      • Black Vermillion River
      • Little Blue River
    • Republican River
      Republican River
      The Republican River is a river in the central Great Plains of North America, flowing through the U.S. states of Nebraska and Kansas.-Geography:...
      
      
      • Buffalo Creek
      • White Rock Creek
      • Prairie Dog Creek
      • Sappa Creek
        • Beaver Creek
          • Little Beaver Creek
      • South Fork Republican River
        South Fork Republican River
        The South Fork Republican River is a river that arises in Lincoln County, Colorado, United States, and flows east-northeastward for about through Kit Carson and Yuma Counties, Colorado, and Cheyenne County, Kansas, to a confluence with the Republican River in Dundy County, Nebraska. Bonny...
        
        
      • Arikaree River
        Arikaree River
        The Arikaree River is a tributary of the Republican River that starts near Limon in Lincoln County, Colorado. The river flows east into Kansas, crossing the extreme northwestern corner of that state before entering Nebraska...
        
        
    • Smoky Hill River
      Smoky Hill River
      The Smoky Hill River is a river in the central Great Plains of North America, running through the U.S. states of Colorado and Kansas.-Names:The Smoky Hill gets its name from the Smoky Hills region of north-central Kansas through which it flows...
      
      
      • Solomon River
        Solomon River
        The Solomon River, often referred to as the "Solomon Fork", is a river in the central Great Plains of North America. The entire length of the river lies in the U.S. state of Kansas. It is a tributary of the Smoky Hill River.-Names:...
        
        
        • North Fork Solomon River
        • South Fork Solomon River
          South Fork Solomon River
          The South Fork Solomon River is a river in the central Great Plains of North America. The entire length of the river lies in the U.S. state of Kansas...
          
          
      • Saline River
        Saline River (Kansas)
        The Saline River is a tributary of the Smoky Hill River in the central Great Plains of North America. The entire length of the river lies in the U.S. state of Kansas. The river takes its name from the French translation of its Native name Ne Miskua, referring to its salty content.-Geography:The...
        
        
      • Big Creek
      • Hackberry Creek
      • Ladder Creek
        Ladder Creek
        Ladder Creek is a stream that flows from a source in Cheyenne County, Colorado to a confluence with the Smoky Hill River in Logan County, Kansas....
        
        
      • North Fork Smoky Hill River
        North Fork Smoky Hill River
        North Fork Smoky Hill River is a stream that flows from a source in Cheyenne County, Colorado to a confluence with the Smoky Hill River in Logan County, Kansas....
        
        
  • Wolf River
    Wolf River (Kansas)
    The Wolf River is a tributary of the Missouri River in northeastern Kansas in the United States, draining an area of in the Dissected Till Plains region....
    
    
  • Big Nemaha River

Alphabetically

• Arikaree River
  Arikaree River
  The Arikaree River is a tributary of the Republican River that starts near Limon in Lincoln County, Colorado. The river flows east into Kansas, crossing the extreme northwestern corner of that state before entering Nebraska...
  
  
• Arkansas River
  Arkansas River
  The Arkansas River is a major tributary of the Mississippi River. The Arkansas generally flows to the east and southeast as it traverses the U.S. states of Colorado, Kansas, Oklahoma, and Arkansas. The river's initial basin starts in the Western United States in Colorado, specifically the Arkansas...
  
  
• Beaver Creek
• Big Blue River
  Big Blue River (Kansas)
  The Big Blue River is the largest tributary of the Kansas River. The river flows for approximately from central Nebraska into Kansas, where it intersects with the Kansas River east of Manhattan. It was given its name by the Kansa tribe of Native Americans, who lived at its mouth from 1780 to...
  
  
• Big Creek
• Big Nemaha River
• Black Vermillion River
• Blue River
  Blue River (Missouri)
  The Blue River is a stream that flows through Johnson County, Kansas and Jackson County, Missouri in the Kansas City Metropolitan Area. The river rises in Johnson County near the border of the states of Kansas and Missouri...
  
  
• Brush Creek
• Buckner Creek
• Buffalo Creek
• Caney River
  Caney River
  The Caney River is a river in southern Kansas and northeastern Oklahoma. The river is a tributary of the Verdigris River, and is usually a flatwater stream....
  
  
• Chikaskia River
  Chikaskia River
  The Chikaskia River is a tributary of the Salt Fork of the Arkansas River in southern Kansas and northern Oklahoma in the United States...
  
  
• Cimarron River
• Cottonwood River
• Cow Creek
  Cow Creek (Kansas)
  Cow Creek is a stream in Rice County, Kansas. From Lyons, Kansas, it is four miles west and one mile south. The Santa Fe Trail went over Cow Creek. Buffalo Bill Mathewson ran a trading post here at this location during the 1850s.-External articles and references:* ""* * "". View From USGS Aerial...
  
  
• Delaware River
  Delaware River (Kansas)
  The Delaware River is a river located in the northeastern part of the state of Kansas. The Delaware River basin drains from the outflow of the Perry Lake reservoir...
  
  
• Elk River
  Elk River (Kansas)
  The Elk River is a tributary of the Verdigris River in southeastern Kansas in the United States. Via the Verdigris and Arkansas rivers, it is part of the Mississippi River watershed.-Description and course:...
  
  
• Fall River
• Grouse Creek
• Hackberry Creek
• Kansas River
  Kansas River
  The Kansas River is a river in northeastern Kansas in the United States. It is the southwestern-most part of the Missouri River drainage, which is in turn the northwestern-most portion of the extensive Mississippi River drainage. Its name come from the Kanza people who once inhabited the area...
  
  
• Ladder Creek
  Ladder Creek
  Ladder Creek is a stream that flows from a source in Cheyenne County, Colorado to a confluence with the Smoky Hill River in Logan County, Kansas....
  
  
• Little Arkansas River
  Little Arkansas River
  The Little Arkansas River is a river located in south-central Kansas. It rises in northern Rice County just north of Lyons and flows southeast past Buhler and Halstead to meet the Arkansas River in Wichita....
  
  
• Little Beaver Creek
• Little Blue River
• Little Osage River
  Little Osage River
  The Little Osage River is an tributary of the Osage River in eastern Kansas and western Missouri in the United States. Via the Osage and Missouri rivers, it is part of the watershed of the Mississippi River.-Course:...
  
  
• Little Walnut River
• Marais des Cygnes River
  Marais des Cygnes River
  The Marais des Cygnes River is a principal tributary of the Osage River, about long, in eastern Kansas and western Missouri in the United States. Via the Osage and Missouri rivers, it is part of the watershed of the Mississippi River...
  
  
• Marmaton River
  Marmaton River
  The Marmaton River is a tributary of the Little Osage River in southeastern Kansas and western Missouri in the United States...
  
  
• Medicine Lodge River
  Medicine Lodge River
  The Medicine Lodge River is a tributary of the Salt Fork of the Arkansas River in southern Kansas and northern Oklahoma in the United States. Via the Salt Fork and Arkansas rivers, it is part of the watershed of the Mississippi River....
  
  
• Mission Creek
  Mission Creek (Kansas)
  Mission Creek is a water body west of Topeka, Kansas. The tributary of the Kansas River goes through Wabaunsee County and Shawnee County, Kansas . Native American tribes lived in the area during the Kansas Territory years. It was an important Underground Railroad site...
  
  
• Missouri River
  Missouri River
  The Missouri River flows through the central United States, and is a tributary of the Mississippi River. It is the longest river in North America and drains the third largest area, though only the thirteenth largest by discharge. The Missouri's watershed encompasses most of the American Great...
  
  
• Neosho River
  Neosho River
  The Neosho River is a tributary of the Arkansas River in eastern Kansas and northeastern Oklahoma in the United States. Its tributaries also drain portions of Missouri and Arkansas. The river is about long. Via the Arkansas, it is part of the Mississippi River watershed.- Course :The Neosho's...
  
  
• Ninnescah River
• North Fork Smoky Hill River
  North Fork Smoky Hill River
  North Fork Smoky Hill River is a stream that flows from a source in Cheyenne County, Colorado to a confluence with the Smoky Hill River in Logan County, Kansas....
  
  
• North Fork Solomon River
• Pawnee River
  Pawnee River
  The Pawnee River is a river in southwestern Kansas in the United States, about long. It is a tributary of the Arkansas River, which in turn is a branch of the Mississippi River....
  
  
• Prairie Dog Creek
• Rattlesnake Creek
• Republican River
  Republican River
  The Republican River is a river in the central Great Plains of North America, flowing through the U.S. states of Nebraska and Kansas.-Geography:...
  
  
• Saline River
  Saline River (Kansas)
  The Saline River is a tributary of the Smoky Hill River in the central Great Plains of North America. The entire length of the river lies in the U.S. state of Kansas. The river takes its name from the French translation of its Native name Ne Miskua, referring to its salty content.-Geography:The...
  
  
• Salt Fork Arkansas River
  Salt Fork Arkansas River
  The Salt Fork of the Arkansas River is a tributary of the Arkansas River in southern Kansas and northern Oklahoma in the United States. Via the Arkansas River, it is part of the watershed of the Mississippi River.-Course:...
  
  
• Sappa Creek
• Shoal Creek
  Shoal Creek (Missouri)
  Shoal Creek is an stream in southwest Missouri and southeast Kansas. It begins in northern Barry County, Missouri and flows west through Newton and Jasper counties in Missouri before emptying into the Spring River near Riverton in Cherokee County, Kansas....
  
  
• Smoky Hill River
  Smoky Hill River
  The Smoky Hill River is a river in the central Great Plains of North America, running through the U.S. states of Colorado and Kansas.-Names:The Smoky Hill gets its name from the Smoky Hills region of north-central Kansas through which it flows...
  
  
• Solomon River
  Solomon River
  The Solomon River, often referred to as the "Solomon Fork", is a river in the central Great Plains of North America. The entire length of the river lies in the U.S. state of Kansas. It is a tributary of the Smoky Hill River.-Names:...
  
  
• South Fork Republican River
  South Fork Republican River
  The South Fork Republican River is a river that arises in Lincoln County, Colorado, United States, and flows east-northeastward for about through Kit Carson and Yuma Counties, Colorado, and Cheyenne County, Kansas, to a confluence with the Republican River in Dundy County, Nebraska. Bonny...
  
  
• South Fork Solomon River
  South Fork Solomon River
  The South Fork Solomon River is a river in the central Great Plains of North America. The entire length of the river lies in the U.S. state of Kansas...
  
  
• Spring River
  Spring River (Missouri)
  The Spring River is a waterway located in southwestern Missouri, southeastern Kansas, and northeastern Oklahoma. It begins in northern Barry County, Missouri south of Aurora, flows north of Verona and turns west across Lawrence and Jasper counties, passing through Carthage, before crossing into...
  
  
• Stranger Creek
• Verdigris River
  Verdigris River
  The Verdigris River is a tributary of the Arkansas River in southeastern Kansas and northeastern Oklahoma in the United States. It is about long...
  
  
• Wakarusa River
  Wakarusa River
  The Wakarusa River is a tributary of the Kansas River, approximately long, in eastern Kansas in the United States. It drains an agricultural area of rolling limestone hills south of Topeka and Lawrence.-Description:...
  
  
• Walnut Creek
• Walnut River
• White Rock Creek
• Whitewater River
  Whitewater River (Kansas)
  The Whitewater River is a tributary of the Walnut River in southern Kansas in the United States. Via the Walnut and Arkansas Rivers, it is part of the watershed of the Mississippi River....
  
  
• Wolf River
  Wolf River (Kansas)
  The Wolf River is a tributary of the Missouri River in northeastern Kansas in the United States, draining an area of in the Dissected Till Plains region....
  
  

By size

Mean flow in cubic feet of water per second (cfs). One cubic foot equals .0283 cubic meters

River	Cubic feet per second flow	Location of monitoring station
Missouri River Missouri River The Missouri River flows through the central United States, and is a tributary of the Mississippi River. It is the longest river in North America and drains the third largest area, though only the thirteenth largest by discharge. The Missouri's watershed encompasses most of the American Great...	54,280	Near Kansas City Kansas City, Kansas Kansas City is the third-largest city in the state of Kansas and is the county seat of Wyandotte County. It is a suburb of Kansas City, Missouri, and is the third largest city in the Kansas City Metropolitan Area. The city is part of a consolidated city-county government known as the "Unified...
Kansas (Kaw) River Kansas River The Kansas River is a river in northeastern Kansas in the United States. It is the southwestern-most part of the Missouri River drainage, which is in turn the northwestern-most portion of the extensive Mississippi River drainage. Its name come from the Kanza people who once inhabited the area...	7,464	Near junction with Missouri River
Verdigris River Verdigris River The Verdigris River is a tributary of the Arkansas River in southeastern Kansas and northeastern Oklahoma in the United States. It is about long...	3,260	Near Coffeyville Coffeyville, Kansas Coffeyville is a city situated along the Verdigris River in the southeastern part of Montgomery County, located in Southeast Kansas, in the Central United States. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 10,295...
Neosho (Grand) River Neosho River The Neosho River is a tributary of the Arkansas River in eastern Kansas and northeastern Oklahoma in the United States. Its tributaries also drain portions of Missouri and Arkansas. The river is about long. Via the Arkansas, it is part of the Mississippi River watershed.- Course :The Neosho's...	2,924	Near Parsons Parsons, Kansas Parsons is a city in the northern part of Labette County, located in Southeast Kansas, in the Central United States. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 10,500...
Arkansas River Arkansas River The Arkansas River is a major tributary of the Mississippi River. The Arkansas generally flows to the east and southeast as it traverses the U.S. states of Colorado, Kansas, Oklahoma, and Arkansas. The river's initial basin starts in the Western United States in Colorado, specifically the Arkansas...	2,881	Near Oklahoma Oklahoma Oklahoma is a state located in the South Central region of the United States of America. With an estimated 3,751,351 residents as of the 2010 census and a land area of 68,667 square miles , Oklahoma is the 28th most populous and 20th-largest state...  state line
Big Blue River Big Blue River (Kansas) The Big Blue River is the largest tributary of the Kansas River. The river flows for approximately from central Nebraska into Kansas, where it intersects with the Kansas River east of Manhattan. It was given its name by the Kansa tribe of Native Americans, who lived at its mouth from 1780 to...	2,325	Near Manhattan Manhattan, Kansas Manhattan is a city located in the northeastern part of the state of Kansas in the United States, at the junction of the Kansas River and Big Blue River. It is the county seat of Riley County and the city extends into Pottawatomie County. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 52,281...
Marais des Cygnes River Marais des Cygnes River The Marais des Cygnes River is a principal tributary of the Osage River, about long, in eastern Kansas and western Missouri in the United States. Via the Osage and Missouri rivers, it is part of the watershed of the Mississippi River...	2,219	Near Missouri Missouri Missouri is a US state located in the Midwestern United States, bordered by Iowa, Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Kansas and Nebraska. With a 2010 population of 5,988,927, Missouri is the 18th most populous state in the nation and the fifth most populous in the Midwest. It...  state line
Smoky Hill River Smoky Hill River The Smoky Hill River is a river in the central Great Plains of North America, running through the U.S. states of Colorado and Kansas.-Names:The Smoky Hill gets its name from the Smoky Hills region of north-central Kansas through which it flows...	1,540	Near Enterprise Enterprise, Kansas Enterprise is a city in Dickinson County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 855.-History:On January 10, 1883, the Enterprise Town Company, capital $50,000, was organized. The following officers were elected: V. P. Wilson, president; John Johntz, vice-president;...
Walnut River Walnut River The Walnut River is a tributary of the Arkansas River, long, in the Flint Hills region of Kansas in the United States. Via the Arkansas, it is part of the Mississippi River watershed....	924	Near Winfield Winfield, Kansas Winfield is a city situated along the Walnut River in the west-central part of Cowley County, located in South Central Kansas, in the Central United States. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 12,301...
Cottonwood River	879	Near Plymouth
Republican River Republican River The Republican River is a river in the central Great Plains of North America, flowing through the U.S. states of Nebraska and Kansas.-Geography:...	839	Near Junction City Junction City, Kansas Junction City is a city in and the county seat of Geary County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 23,353. Fort Riley, a major U.S. Army post, is nearby...
Delaware River Delaware River (Kansas) The Delaware River is a river located in the northeastern part of the state of Kansas. The Delaware River basin drains from the outflow of the Perry Lake reservoir...	682	Near Perry Perry, Kansas Perry is a city in Jefferson County, Kansas, United States. The population was 901 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Topeka, Kansas Metropolitan Statistical Area.-History:...
Little Blue River	672	Near Barnes Barnes, Kansas Barnes is a city in Washington County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 159.-Geography:Barnes is located at . According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , all of it land.-Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 152...
Solomon River Solomon River The Solomon River, often referred to as the "Solomon Fork", is a river in the central Great Plains of North America. The entire length of the river lies in the U.S. state of Kansas. It is a tributary of the Smoky Hill River.-Names:...	550	Near Niles
Fall River	536	Near Fredonia Fredonia, Kansas Fredonia is a city in and the county seat of Wilson County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 2,482.-History:...
Ninnescah River	528	Near Peck Peck, Kansas Peck is an unincorporated community on the Sedgwick County and Sumner County border in Kansas, United States.-19th century:In 1887, the Chicago, Kansas and Nebraska Railway built a branch line north-south from Herington through Peck to Caldwell...
Little Arkansas River Little Arkansas River The Little Arkansas River is a river located in south-central Kansas. It rises in northern Rice County just north of Lyons and flows southeast past Buhler and Halstead to meet the Arkansas River in Wichita....	315	Valley Center Valley Center, Kansas Valley Center is a city in Sedgwick County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 6,822.-History:Valley Center was incorporated on September 29, 1885, and was named for its location on the Arkansas River....
Caney River Caney River The Caney River is a river in southern Kansas and northeastern Oklahoma. The river is a tributary of the Verdigris River, and is usually a flatwater stream....	288	Near Elgin Elgin, Kansas Elgin is a city in Chautauqua County, Kansas, United States, on the state line with Oklahoma. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 89.-Geography:Elgin is located at...
Chikaskia River Chikaskia River The Chikaskia River is a tributary of the Salt Fork of the Arkansas River in southern Kansas and northern Oklahoma in the United States...	264	Near Corbin Corbin, Kansas Corbin is a community in Sumner County, Kansas, United States. The post office was established February 6, 1884, and discontinued February 16, 1975. The nearby Spring Creek School is on the National Register of Historic Places.-19th century:...
Stranger Creek	247	Near Tonganoxie Tonganoxie, Kansas Tonganoxie is a city in Leavenworth County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 4,996.-Geography:Tonganoxie is located at...
Wakarusa River Wakarusa River The Wakarusa River is a tributary of the Kansas River, approximately long, in eastern Kansas in the United States. It drains an agricultural area of rolling limestone hills south of Topeka and Lawrence.-Description:...	220	Near Lawrence Lawrence, Kansas Lawrence is the sixth largest city in the U.S. State of Kansas and the county seat of Douglas County. Located in northeastern Kansas, Lawrence is the anchor city of the Lawrence, Kansas, Metropolitan Statistical Area, which encompasses all of Douglas County...
Saline River Saline River (Kansas) The Saline River is a tributary of the Smoky Hill River in the central Great Plains of North America. The entire length of the river lies in the U.S. state of Kansas. The river takes its name from the French translation of its Native name Ne Miskua, referring to its salty content.-Geography:The...	214	Near Tescott Tescott, Kansas Tescott is a city in Ottawa County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 319. It is part of the Salina Micropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:Tescott is located at...
Whitewater River Whitewater River (Kansas) The Whitewater River is a tributary of the Walnut River in southern Kansas in the United States. Via the Walnut and Arkansas Rivers, it is part of the watershed of the Mississippi River....	210	Near Towanda Towanda, Kansas Towanda is a city in Butler County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 1,450.-21st century:In 2010, the Keystone-Cushing Pipeline was constructed a few blocks west of Towanda , running north to south through Butler County, with much controversy over tax...
South Fork Ninnescah River	210	Near Murdock Murdock, Kansas Murdock is an unincorporated community in Kingman County, Kansas, United States. Murdock is east-southeast of Kingman. Murdock has a post office with ZIP code 67111....
Mill Creek	189	Near Paxico Paxico, Kansas Paxico is a city in Wabaunsee County, Kansas, United States. The population was 211 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Topeka, Kansas Metropolitan Statistical Area.-History:...
Lightning Creek	171	Near McCune McCune, Kansas McCune is a city in Crawford County, Kansas, United States. The population was 405 at the 2010 census.-Geography:McCune is located at . According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , all of it land....
Black Vermillion River	169	Near Frankfort Frankfort, Kansas Frankfort is a city in Marshall County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 726.-Geography:Frankfort is located at...
Elk River Elk River (Kansas) The Elk River is a tributary of the Verdigris River in southeastern Kansas in the United States. Via the Verdigris and Arkansas rivers, it is part of the Mississippi River watershed.-Description and course:...	161	Near Elk Falls Elk Falls, Kansas Elk Falls is a city in Elk County, Kansas, United States, along the Elk River. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 107.-Geography:Elk Falls is located at...
Soldier Creek	158	Near Topeka Topeka, Kansas Topeka |Kansa]]: Tó Pee Kuh) is the capital city of the U.S. state of Kansas and the county seat of Shawnee County. It is situated along the Kansas River in the central part of Shawnee County, located in northeast Kansas, in the Central United States. As of the 2010 census, the city population was...
Medicine Lodge River Medicine Lodge River The Medicine Lodge River is a tributary of the Salt Fork of the Arkansas River in southern Kansas and northern Oklahoma in the United States. Via the Salt Fork and Arkansas rivers, it is part of the watershed of the Mississippi River....	151	Near Kiowa Kiowa, Kansas Kiowa is a city in Barber County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 1,026.-19th century:Kiowas was the city where anti-saloon advocate Carrie Nation vandalized her first saloon.-Geography:...
Turkey Creek	126	Near Seneca Seneca, Kansas Seneca is a city in and the county seat of Nemaha County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 1,991.-History:...
North Fork Solomon River	116	Near Portis Portis, Kansas Portis is a city in Osborne County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 103.-19th century:Portis is located on the north fork of the Solomon River. Since 1871 it has been an ideal trading point because of its location. When it first became a town in May 1879 it...
South Fork Solomon River South Fork Solomon River The South Fork Solomon River is a river in the central Great Plains of North America. The entire length of the river lies in the U.S. state of Kansas...	105	Near Osborne Osborne, Kansas Osborne is a city in and the county seat of Osborne County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 1,431.-History:...
Indian Creek	102	Near Leawood Leawood, Kansas Leawood is a city in Johnson County, Kansas, United States. The city is a suburb of Kansas City, Missouri and is part of the Kansas City Metropolitan Area. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 31,867.-History:...

Source: "Annual Water Data Report" USGS, 2009. http://waterdata.usgs.gov/ks/nwis/current/?type=flow. Navigate to page 3 of reports on individual monitoring stations. Average water flow totals will vary slightly from year to year.

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