Kansas River is formed by the junction of the Smoky Hill Fork and the Solomon River, in Kansas, at about 97° 25' W. long., and flows generally eastward to the Missouri, which it enters just above Kansas City. Length, nearly 300 miles, or including its forks, 900 miles. Its chief tributary, the Republican River, has a length estimated at 550 miles. The importance of the Kansas River for navigation is, however, not great.
Kansas River
Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 6: Humber to Malta, p. 393
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