Republican River
| Republican River Fourche des Republiques, Coster Blanches, Ki-ra-ru-tah, Mahohevaohe | |
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The Republican River near Riverton, Nebraska | |
Map of the Kansas River drainage basin showing the Republican River | |
| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| States | Nebraska, Kansas, Colorado |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source confluence | |
| • location | Haigler, Nebraska |
| • coordinates | 40°01′12″N 101°56′16″W / 40.02000°N 101.93778°W |
| • elevation | 3,253 ft (992 m) |
| Mouth | Kansas River |
• location | Junction City, Kansas |
• coordinates | 39°03′36″N 96°48′05″W / 39.06000°N 96.80139°W |
• elevation | 1,043 ft (318 m) |
| Length | 453 mi (729 km) |
| Basin size | 24,900 sq mi (64,000 km2) |
| Discharge | |
| • location | Junction City about 3 mi (4.8 km) above the mouth |
| • average | 848 cu ft/s (24.0 m3/s) |
| • minimum | 3.2 cu ft/s (0.091 m3/s) |
| • maximum | 33,300 cu ft/s (940 m3/s) |
| Basin features | |
| Tributaries | |
| • left | North Fork Republican River, Frenchman Creek, Red Willow Creek, Medicine Creek |
| • right | Arikaree River, South Fork Republican River, Sappa Creek, Prairie Dog Creek, White Rock Creek |
| Watersheds | Republican-Kansas-Missouri-Mississippi |
The Republican River is a river in the central Great Plains of North America, rising in the High Plains of eastern Colorado and flowing east 453 miles (729 km) through the U.S. states of Nebraska and Kansas.