Smoky Hill River
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The Smoky Hill River is a 575-mile river in the central Great Plains of North America, running through Colorado and Kansas.
Smoky Hill River near Assaria, Kansas
Cattle crossing the Smoky Hill River at Ellsworth (photo by A. Gardner, 1867).
Kansas River
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The Kansas River, also known as the Kaw, is a meandering river in northeastern Kansas in the United States. It is potentially the southwestern most part of the Missouri River drainage, which is someti
Smoky Hill River
…named from the Smoky Hills region of north-central Kansas through which it flows. American Indians living along the Smoky Hill considered it and the Kansas River to be the same river, and their names for it included Chetolah and Okesee-sebo. Early maps of European explorers called the river (also in combination…
The Kansas River at De Soto, Kansas
At low level
At flood stage
The Kansas River in confluence with the Missouri in Kansas City, Kansas with Kansas City, Missouri in the background.