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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

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.

Creek chubs were found in all habitats in the Big Blue River Basin, but were abundant only in the headwaters of muddy streams and in clear upland creeks.

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

Collection stations in the Big Blue River Basin, Kansas, 1957 and 1958.

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

The plains shiner occurred only in the lower part of the main stream of the Big Blue River.

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