Republican River

Republican River
a river flowing E from E Colorado through Nebraska and Kansas into the Kansas River. 422 mi. (680 km) long.

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River, central U.S. Rising in eastern Colorado, it is 422 mi (679 km) long.

It flows northeast and east through southern Nebraska, then southeast through northeastern central Kansas to unite with the Smoky Hill River at Junction City and form the Kansas River. It is part of the Missouri River Basin flood-control and land-reclamation project.

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      river formed by the confluence of the North Fork of the Republican River and the Arikaree River near Haigler, Neb., U.S. It flows eastward through Swanson Lake (behind Trenton Dam) past the towns of McCook, Red Cloud, and Superior and then turns southeastward through Kansas to unite with the Smoky Hill River at Junction City, in Geary county, to form the Kansas River after a course of 445 miles (716 km). The river is part of the Missouri River Basin flood-control and land-reclamation project. Its dams include the Harlan County Dam (1948) near Alma, Neb., and the Milford Dam (1965) near Junction City; those on Republican tributaries include the Bonny Dam (1951), Enders (1951), Medicine Creek (Harry D. Strunk Lake; 1949), and Lovewell (1957).

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