| Chikaskia River | |
|---|---|
 The Chikaskia River near the community of Corbin in Sumner County, Kansas | |
 Map of the Salt Fork Arkansas watershed showing the Chikaskia River | |
| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Kansas, Oklahoma |
| Region | Great Plains |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | |
| • location | Southwest Pratt County, Great Plains, Kansas, United States |
| • coordinates | 37°31′00″N 098°34′43″W / 37.51667°N 98.57861°W[1] |
| • elevation | 925 ft (282 m) |
| Mouth | Salt Fork of the Arkansas River |
• location | Near Tonkawa, Oklahoma, United States |
• coordinates | 36°37′23″N 097°14′38″W / 36.62306°N 97.24389°W[1] |
• elevation | 282 ft (86 m)[1] |
| Length | 159 mi (256 km), Southeast[2] |
| Discharge | |
| • location | near Blackwell |
| • average | 621.8 cu ft/s (17.61 m3/s), USGS water years 1936-2019[3] |
| Basin features | |
| River system | Salt Fork of the Arkansas River watershed |
The Chikaskia River (usually pronounced chi-KAS-kee-uh but often pronounced chi-KAS-kee in southern Kansas) is a 159-mile-long (256 km)[2] tributary of the Salt Fork of the Arkansas River in southern Kansas and northern Oklahoma in the United States.[4] Via the Salt Fork and Arkansas rivers, it is part of the watershed of the Mississippi River.
- ^ a b c "Chikaskia River". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. 1979-12-18. Retrieved 2013-08-17.
- ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map Archived 2012-03-29 at the Wayback Machine, accessed May 31, 2011
- ^ "USGS Water-Year Summary for Site 07152000". waterdata.usgs.gov. Retrieved 2020-07-19.
- ^ Columbia Gazetteer of North America entry Archived November 27, 2004, at the Wayback Machine