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Republican River

American  

noun

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


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Edgerton drove there and discovered that someone had wrenched open the dam’s two 10-foot sluice gates, sending the precious water down the Republican River.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 25, 2022

Nebraska spent decades in a water fight with Kansas over access to the Republican River, which runs through Colorado, Nebraska and Kansas.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 13, 2022

The Republican River originates in Colorado, crosses the northwestern tip of Kansas into Nebraska, then runs through Nebraska before re-entering Kansas through its northeastern corner.

From Washington Times • Feb. 22, 2018

Colorado filed a lawsuit against 5 Star for killing nearly 15,000 fish in the South Fork of the Republican River.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 8, 2017

They range from Kansas, on the Republican River, to Winnepeg, on the north.

From Three Years on the Plains Observations of Indians, 1867-1870 by Tuttle, Edmund B.

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