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The Kansas River (also known as the Kaw) is a river in northeastern Kansas in the United States. It is the southwestern-most part of the Missouri River drainage, which is in turn ...
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NOTES: See the KANSAS PADDLER Home Page (http://www.kansas.net/~tjhittle) for (Kansas USGS) river flow information and Kansas Canoe Association trip information.
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The Kansas River (which is also called the Kaw) begins at the confluence of the Republican and Smoky Hill Rivers near Junction City and flows 171 miles to Kansas City, where it ...

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Kansas (river) or Kaw, river in eastern Kansas, formed by the confluence of the Smoky Hill and Republican rivers at Junction City. It flows in a generally easterly direction for 270 km (170 mi) to the adjoining cities of Kansas City, Kansas, and Kansas City, Missouri, where it joins the Missouri River. Other cities located along the river are Lawrence and Topeka.

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