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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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The Republican River rises in Colorado and crosses southern Nebraska before flowing into Kansas.

From Washington Times Mar. 17, 2018

Ricketts has recommended that Nebraska lawmakers invest the settlement money in surface water conservation projects in the Republican River basin.

From Seattle Times Feb. 22, 2018

The witness, whose name was redacted in the state investigation, claims one of the retaining pond walls eroded, allowing raw sewage into a drainage leading to the South Fork of the Republican River.

From Seattle Times Dec. 8, 2017

Kansas has said Nebraska has been using too much water from the Republican River, which originates in Colorado and runs mostly through Nebraska before ending in Kansas.

From Washington Times Nov. 18, 2015

Range.—The valley of the north fork of the Republican River in eastern Colorado and southwestern Nebraska.

From Subspeciation in the Meadow Mouse, Microtus pennsylvanicus, in Wyoming, Colorado, and Adjacent Areas by Anderson, Sydney

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