North Fork Republican River facts for kids
Quick facts for kids North Fork Republican River |
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The river in Wray, Colorado.
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| Other name(s) | Wi'hiuniyohe |
| Country | United States |
| State | Colorado, Nebraska |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Main source | Yuma County, Colorado 3,860 ft (1,180 m) |
| River mouth | Republican River Haigler, Nebraska 3,241 ft (988 m) |
| Length | 55 mi (89 km) |
| Basin features | |
| Basin size | 5,086 sq mi (13,170 km2) |
| Watersheds | North Fork Republican- Republican-Kansas-Missouri- Mississippi |
The North Fork Republican River is a 55.4-mile-long (89.2 km) 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.
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.
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.
