North Fork Republican River

The North Fork Republican River is a 55.4-mile-long (89.2 km)[2] tributary of the Republican River. It flows eastward from a source in Yuma County, Colorado to just north of Haigler in Dundy County, Nebraska. There it joins with the Arikaree River to form the Republican River.

North Fork Republican River
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Location
CountryUnited States
StateColorado, Nebraska
Physical characteristics
Source 
  locationYuma County, Colorado
  coordinates39°59′58″N 102°27′14″W
  elevation3,860 ft (1,180 m)
MouthRepublican River
  location
Haigler, Nebraska
  coordinates
40°01′11″N 101°56′18″W[1]
  elevation
3,241 ft (988 m)
Length55 mi (89 km)
Basin size5,086 sq mi (13,170 km2)
Basin features
WatershedsNorth Fork Republican-
Republican-Kansas-Missouri-
Mississippi

The North Fork Republican River drains an area of 5,086 square miles (13,170 km2), including 4,449 square miles (11,520 km2), or 87.5%, in eastern Colorado, 575 square miles (1,490 km2), or 11.3%, in southwestern Nebraska, and 62 square miles (160 km2), or 1.2%, in northwestern Kansas.[3]

Use of water from the North Fork Republican River is governed by the Republican River Compact, a water agreement among the U.S. states of Colorado, Nebraska, and Kansas signed on 1942-12-31.

See also

References

  1. "North Fork Republican River". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2015-12-07.
  2. U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map, accessed March 29, 2011
  3. Gustafson, Daniel L. (2003-01-24). "Hydrologic Unit Project". Montana State University, Environmental Statistics Group. Archived from the original on 2012-02-10. Retrieved 2008-02-05.


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