North Fork Republican River

North Fork Republican River Wi'hiuniyohe
The river in Wray, Colorado.
Location
Country	United States
State	Colorado, Nebraska
Physical characteristics
Source
• location	Yuma County, Colorado
• coordinates	39°59′58″N 102°27′14″W
• elevation	3,860 ft (1,180 m)
Mouth	Republican River
• location	Haigler, Nebraska
• coordinates	40°01′11″N 101°56′18″W[1]
• elevation	3,241 ft (988 m)
Length	55 mi (89 km)
Basin size	5,086 sq mi (13,170 km^2)
Basin features
Watersheds	North Fork Republican- Republican-Kansas-Missouri- Mississippi

The North Fork Republican River is a 55.4-mile-long (89.2 km)[2] tributary of the Republican River. It flows eastward from a source in Yuma County, Colorado to just north of Haigler in Dundy County, Nebraska. There it joins with the Arikaree River to form the Republican River.

The North Fork Republican River drains an area of 5,086 square miles (13,170 km^2), including 4,449 square miles (11,520 km^2), or 87.5%, in eastern Colorado, 575 square miles (1,490 km^2), or 11.3%, in southwestern Nebraska, and 62 square miles (160 km^2), or 1.2%, in northwestern Kansas.[3]

Use of water from the North Fork Republican River is governed by the Republican River Compact, a water agreement among the U.S. states of Colorado, Nebraska, and Kansas signed on 1942-12-31.

See also

• List of rivers in Colorado
• List of rivers in Nebraska
• Colorado drainage basins

References

1. "North Fork Republican River". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2015-12-07.
2. U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map, accessed March 29, 2011
3. Gustafson, Daniel L. (2003-01-24). "Hydrologic Unit Project". Montana State University, Environmental Statistics Group. Archived from the original on 2012-02-10. Retrieved 2008-02-05.

External links

• Republican River Compact