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Big Blue River

American  

noun

  1. a river in SE Nebraska, flowing E and SE to the Kansas (Kaw) River. 300 miles (483 km) long.


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Little Dams The Army Engineers insist that lower basin levee systems must be reinforced by big river flood-control dams, like the $87 million Tuttle Creek project on the Big Blue River north of Manhattan, Kans.

From Time Magazine Archive

The Big Blue River Basin in northeastern Kansas was studied between March 30, 1957, and August 9, 1958.

From Fishes of the Big Blue River Basin, Kansas by Minckley, W. L.

Shovelnose sturgeon were found only in the lower portion of the Big Blue River.

From Fishes of the Big Blue River Basin, Kansas by Minckley, W. L.

A preliminary report on fish and wildlife resources in relation to the water development plan for the Tuttle Creek Dam and Reservoir, Big Blue River, Missouri River Basin, Kansas.

From Fishes of the Big Blue River Basin, Kansas by Minckley, W. L.

Composition of the fauna of the entire Big Blue River Basin, and of seven streams or stream systems in that basin.

From Fishes of the Big Blue River Basin, Kansas by Minckley, W. L.

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