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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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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

Two natural resources districts - Holdrege- based Tri-Basin and the Alma-based Lower Republican - have partnered on a project that would take unallocated water from the Platte River and divert it to the Republican River.

From Washington Times Mar. 19, 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

My active partner sold the straight three-year-old herd from Erath County to an ex-governor from Nebraska, and we delivered it on the Republican River in that State.

From Reed Anthony, Cowman by Adams, Andy

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