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Little Arkansas River
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The Little Arkansas River near Sedgwick, Kansas
Other name(s) Ne Shuta Shinka River
Country United States
State Kansas
Physical characteristics
Main source Ellsworth County, Kansas
1,759 ft (536 m)
38°31′46″N 98°09′18″W / 38.52944°N 98.15500°W / 38.52944; -98.15500
River mouth Arkansas River
Wichita, Kansas
1,283 ft (391 m)
37°41′29″N 97°20′57″W / 37.69139°N 97.34917°W / 37.69139; -97.34917
Length 123 mi (198 km)
Basin features
Watersheds Little Arkansas-Arkansas-
Mississippi

The Little Arkansas River ( ar-KAN-zəs) is a river in the central Great Plains of North America. A tributary of the Arkansas River, its entire 123-mile (198 km) length lies within the American state of Kansas.

Geography

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The confluence of the Little Arkansas and Arkansas rivers in Wichita, Kansas.

The river originates in central Kansas in the Smoky Hills region of the Great Plains. Its source lies in extreme south-central Ellsworth County immediately north of Geneseo, Kansas. From there, the river flows generally south-southeast along the border between the Arkansas River Lowlands to the southwest and the McPherson Lowlands to the northeast. It joins the Arkansas River immediately northwest of downtown Wichita, Kansas.

Points of interest

A statue, The Keeper of the Plains by local artist Blackbear Bosin, marks the confluence of these two rivers.

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