The Republican River is a river in the central Great Plains area of North America. It starts in the High Plains of eastern Colorado, and it goes east 453 miles (729 km)[4] through the U.S. states of Nebraska and Kansas.
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Republican River
Forche des Republiques, [1]
Coster Blanches, Ki-ra-ru-tah, Mahohevaohe[2] |
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 The Republican River near Riverton, Nebraska |
 Map of the Kansas River drainage basin showing the Republican River |
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| Country | United States |
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| States | Nebraska, Kansas |
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| Source confluence | |
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| - location | Haigler, Nebraska |
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| - coordinates | 40°01′12″N 101°56′16″W[2] |
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| - elevation | 3,253 ft (992 m) |
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| Mouth | Kansas River |
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| - location | Junction City, Kansas |
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| - coordinates | 39°03′36″N 98°48′05″W[2] |
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| - elevation | 1,043 ft (318 m) |
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| Length | 453 mi (729 km) |
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| Basin size | 24,900 sq mi (64,000 km2) |
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| Discharge | |
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| - location | Junction City about 3 mi (4.8 km) above the mouth[3] |
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| - average | 848 cu ft/s (24.0 m3/s) |
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| - minimum | 3.2 cu ft/s (0.091 m3/s) |
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| - maximum | 33,300 cu ft/s (940 m3/s) |
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| Tributaries | |
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| - left | North Fork Republican River,
Frenchman Creek, Red Willow Creek,
Medicine Creek |
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| - right | Arikaree River,
South Fork Republican River,
Sappa Creek, Prairie Dog Creek,
White Rock Creek |
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| Watersheds | Republican-Kansas-Missouri-Mississippi |
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