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| Wakarusa River | |
|---|---|
 Falls of the Wakarusa River | |
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| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Kansas |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | |
| • location | Wabaunsee County, Kansas |
| • coordinates | 38°53′44″N 95°57′36″W / 38.89556°N 95.96000°W |
| • elevation | 1,261 ft (384 m) |
| Mouth | Kansas River |
• location | Eudora, Kansas |
• coordinates | 38°57′22″N 95°04′56″W / 38.95611°N 95.08222°W[2] |
• elevation | 781 ft (238 m) |
| Length | 80.5 mi (129.6 km) |
| Discharge | |
| • location | USGS 06891500 near Lawrence, KS[1] |
| • average | 219 cu ft/s (6.2 m3/s) |
| • minimum | 0 cu ft/s (0 m3/s) |
| • maximum | 22,600 cu ft/s (640 m3/s) |
| Basin features | |
| River system | Wakarusa—Kansas—Missouri—Mississippi |
The Wakarusa River is a tributary of the Kansas River, approximately 80.5 miles (129.6 km) long,[3] in eastern Kansas in the United States. It drains an agricultural area of rolling limestone hills south of Topeka and Lawrence.
- ^ "Water-Data Report 2012 - 06891500 Wakarusa River near Lawrence, KS" (PDF). U.S. Geological Survey. Retrieved 2015-11-06.
- ^ "Wakarusa River". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2015-10-01.
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map, accessed March 30, 2011