| Little Osage River | |
|---|---|
 The Little Osage River near Horton, Missouri | |
 Map of the Osage River watershed showing the Little Osage River | |
| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Kansas, Missouri |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source confluence | |
| • location | Allen County, Kansas |
| • coordinates | 38°01′32″N 95°05′23″W / 38.02556°N 95.08972°W |
| • elevation | 943 ft (287 m) |
| Mouth | Osage River |
• location | Vernon County, Missouri |
• coordinates | 38°01′39″N 94°14′39″W / 38.02750°N 94.24417°W[1] |
• elevation | 722 ft (220 m) |
| Length | 88 mi (142 km) |
| Discharge | |
| • location | USGS 0691700 at Horton, Missouri[2] |
| • average | 369 cu ft/s (10.4 m3/s) |
| • minimum | 0 cu ft/s (0 m3/s) |
| • maximum | 43,700 cu ft/s (1,240 m3/s) |
| Basin features | |
| Tributaries | |
| • right | Limestone Creek, Marmaton River |
| Watersheds | Little Osage-Osage-Missouri-Mississippi |
The Little Osage River is an 88-mile-long (142 km)[3] 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.
The name was derived from the Osage Nation, whose traditional territory encompassed this area.[4]
- ^ "Little Osage River". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved November 5, 2015.
- ^ "Water-Data Report 2012 - 0691700 Little Osage River at Horton, MO" (PDF). U.S. Geological Survey. Retrieved November 5, 2015.
- ^ 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
- ^ Lyman, Clifford (July 16, 1976). "Names' Past Cloudy". Fort Scott Tribune. pp. 13B. Retrieved April 22, 2015.