South Fork Solomon River | |
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Location | |
Country | United States |
State | Kansas |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | |
• location | Sherman County, Kansas |
• coordinates | 39°14′45″N 101°26′46″W / 39.24583°N 101.44611°W[1] |
• elevation | 3,503 ft (1,068 m) |
Mouth | Waconda Lake |
• location | Cawker City, Kansas |
• coordinates | 39°28′23″N 98°26′00″W / 39.47306°N 98.43333°W[1] |
• elevation | 1,453 ft (443 m) |
Length | 292 mi (470 km) |
Discharge | |
• location | USGS 06873460 at Woodston, KS[2] |
• average | 40.5 cu ft/s (1.15 m3/s) |
• minimum | 0 cu ft/s (0 m3/s) |
• maximum | 7,260 cu ft/s (206 m3/s) |
Basin features | |
Watersheds | South Fork Solomon-Solomon-Smoky Hill-Kansas-Missouri-Mississippi |
The South Fork Solomon River is a 292-mile-long (470 km)[3] 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 Solomon River.