The Arkansas River is a major tributary of the Mississippi River. The City of Salida is a Statutory City that is the County seat and most populous city of Chaffee County, Colorado, United States Natural Steps is an unincorporated community in Pulaski County, Arkansas, United States A tributary is a Stream or River which flows into a mainstem (or parent river The Mississippi River is the second longest River in the United States, with a length of from its source in Lake Itasca in Minnesota to The Arkansas generally flows to the east and southeast, and traverses the states of Colorado, Kansas, Oklahoma, and Arkansas. The State of Colorado ( or chiefly by nonresidents) is a state located in the Rocky Mountain region of the United States of America. Kansas ( is a Midwestern state in the central region of the United States of America, an area often referred to as the American " Oklahoma ( is a state located in the South Central region of the United States of America. Arkansas ( is a state located in the southern region of the United States.
At 1,469 miles (2,364 km) it is the sixth longest river in the United States,[1] the second-longest tributary in the Mississippi-Missouri system, and the 45th longest river in the world. Its origin is in the Colorado Rockies in Lake County near Leadville, and its outlet is at the historic site of Napoleon, Arkansas. The State of Colorado ( or chiefly by nonresidents) is a state located in the Rocky Mountain region of the United States of America. Mountain peaks of the Rocky Mountains The Rocky Mountains, often called the Rockies, are a Mountain range in western North America. Lake County is one of the 64 counties of the State of Colorado of the United States. Leadville is a Statutory City that is the County seat of and the only incorporated municipality in Napoleon is a Ghost town in Desha County, Arkansas, United States, near the confluence of the Arkansas and Mississippi The Arkansas River drainage basin covers nearly 195,000 sq mi (505,000 km²). (See watershed maps: 1) In terms of volume, the river is smaller than both the Missouri and Ohio, with a mean discharge of 8,460 ft³/s (240 m³/s). A drainage basin is an extent of Land where Water from Rain or Snow melt drains downhill into a body of water such as a River, The Ohio River is the largest Tributary by volume of the Mississippi River.
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General description
The Arkansas has three distinct characters in its long path through central North America.
At its headwaters the Arkansas runs as a steep mountain torrent through the Rockies in its narrow valley, dropping 4600 feet (1. 4 km) in 120 miles (193 km). This section (including The Numbers, Brown's Canyon, and the Royal Gorge) sees extensive whitewater rafting in the spring and summer. The Royal Gorge (also Grand Canyon of the Arkansas) is a Canyon on the Arkansas River near Cañon City, Colorado. Rafting or whitewater rafting is a challenging recreational activity utilizing a Raft to navigate a River or other bodies of water
Below the Royal Gorge, at Cañon City, Colorado, the Arkansas River Valley widens and flattens markedly. The Royal Gorge (also Grand Canyon of the Arkansas) is a Canyon on the Arkansas River near Cañon City, Colorado. For other similar names see also Canyon City. The City of Cañon City (ˈkænjən ˈsɪti Just west of Pueblo, Colorado, the river enters the Great Plains. The City of Pueblo (ˈpwɛbloʊ is a Home Rule Municipality that is the County seat and the most populous city of Pueblo County The Great Plains are the broad expanse of Prairie and Steppe which lie east of the Rocky Mountains in the United States and Canada Through the rest of Colorado, through Kansas, and through northern Oklahoma to Tulsa, it is a typical Great Plains riverway, with wide shallow banks, subject to seasonal flooding. The Great Plains are the broad expanse of Prairie and Steppe which lie east of the Rocky Mountains in the United States and Canada Tributaries include the Cimarron River (flowing from northeastern New Mexico) and the Salt Fork Arkansas River. The Cimarron River extends 698 miles (1123 km across New Mexico, Oklahoma, Colorado, and Kansas. New Mexico ( is a state located in the southwestern region of the United States of America. The Salt Fork of the Arkansas River is a Tributary of the Arkansas River, 192 mi (309 km long in southern Kansas and northern Oklahoma in
Below Tulsa, and continuing to its mouth, the river is navigable by barges and large river craft thanks to a series of dams that turn it into reservoirs. (Above Tulsa, it is navigable only by small craft such as rafts, canoes, and kayaks. )
Water flow in the Arkansas River (as measured in central Kansas) has dropped from approximately 248 cubic feet per second (7 m³/s) average from 1944-1963 to 53 cubic feet per second (1. 5 m³/s) average from 1984-2003, largely due to pumping of groundwater for irrigation in eastern Colorado and western Kansas.
Important cities along the Arkansas include Pueblo, Colorado; Wichita, Kansas; Tulsa, Oklahoma; Fort Smith and Little Rock, Arkansas. The City of Pueblo (ˈpwɛbloʊ is a Home Rule Municipality that is the County seat and the most populous city of Pueblo County Wichita (ˈwɪtʃɪtaː is the most populous City in the US state of Kansas, and the county seat of Sedgwick County. Little Rock is the Capital and the most populous city of the U
The I-40 Bridge Disaster of May 2002 took place on I-40's crossing of Kerr Reservoir on the Arkansas River near Webbers Falls, Oklahoma. The I-40 Bridge Disaster was a Bridge collapse that occurred in Webbers Falls Oklahoma on May 26, 2002. Webbers Falls is a town in Muskogee County, Oklahoma, United States.
Riverway commerce
The McClellan-Kerr Arkansas River Navigation System begins at the Tulsa Port of Catoosa on the Verdigris River, and runs via an extensive Lock and Dam system to the Mississippi. The McClellan-Kerr Arkansas River Navigation System is part of the inland waterway system originating at the Tulsa Port of Catoosa and running southeast through The Tulsa Port of Catoosa is located near the city of Catoosa in Rogers County, just inside the municipal fenceline of Tulsa, Oklahoma. The Verdigris River is a Tributary of the Arkansas River in southeastern Kansas and northeastern Oklahoma
Through Oklahoma and Arkansas, dams artificially deepen and widen this modest sized river to build it into a commercially navigable body of water. From the mouth of the Verdigris until the McClellan-Kerr system moves over to the White River near Arkansas Post, the Arkansas sustains commercial barge traffic and offers passenger and recreational use and is little more than a series of reservoirs. The White River is a 722 mile (1162 km long River that flows through the U Arkansas Post National Memorial, located about 8 miles (13 km southeast of Gillett Arkansas, commemorates key events that occurred on site and in the vicinity the first semi-permanent
Watershed trails
Many nations of Native Americans lived near or along the Arkansas in its 1450 mile (2334 km) stretch, but the first Europeans to see the river were members of the Coronado expedition on June 29, 1541. Native Americans in the United States are the indigenous peoples from the regions of North America now encompassed by the continental United States Francisco Vázquez de Coronado y Luján (Born in 1510 &ndash Died on September 22 1554 was a Spanish Conquistador, who visited New Mexico and other Events 512 - A Solar eclipse is recorded by a monastic chronicler in Ireland. Also in the 1540s Hernando de Soto discovered the junction of the Arkansas with the Mississippi. The name "Arkansas" was first applied by Father Jacques Marquette, who called the river Akansa in his journal of 1673. Father Jacques Marquette ( June 1, 1637 &ndash May 18, 1675) was a French Missionary who founded Michigan
From 1819 the Adams-Onís Treaty set the Arkansas as part of the frontier between the United States and Spanish Mexico, which it remained until the annexation of Texas and Mexican-American War in 1846. The Adams-Onís Treaty of 1819 settled a border dispute in North America between the United States and Spain. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the The United Mexican States ( or commonly Mexico (ˈmɛksɪkoʊ () is a federal constitutional Republic in North America. Texas ( is a state geographically located in the South Central United States and is also known as the Lone Star State.
Later, the Santa Fe Trail followed the Arkansas through much of Kansas except for the Cimarron Cutoff from Cimarron, Kansas to Cimarron, New Mexico via Cimarron County, Oklahoma along the Cimarron River. The Santa Fe Trail was a Historic 19th century transportation route through southwestern North America connecting Missouri with Santa Fe The Santa Fe Trail was a Historic 19th century transportation route through southwestern North America connecting Missouri with Santa Fe Cimarron is a city in Gray County, Kansas, United States. The population was 1934 at the 2000 census. Cimarron is a Village in Colfax County, New Mexico, United States. Cimarron County is a County located in the US state of Oklahoma. The Cimarron River extends 698 miles (1123 km across New Mexico, Oklahoma, Colorado, and Kansas.
Angling the Arkansas
The Arkansas River, in central Colorado, provides some of the best brown trout fishing in the west. The brown trout ( Salmo trutta morpha fario and S trutta morpha lacustris) and the sea trout ( S The Arkansas starts just north of Leadville, Colorado. The first 150 miles of the river, from Leadville to Pueblo, is prime trout water. Conditions vary widely along this section so the river is broken up into 4 sections; Leadville to Buena Vista, Buena Vista to Salida, Salida to Canon City, Canon City to Pueblo. The Arkansas drops over 5000 feet in elevation over this 150 mile stretch from Leadville to Pueblo. Seasons are quite different on each of these sections. The Arkansas through Canon City may be experiencing Spring conditions, while the Leadville area is still full blown winter. Due to this sudden change in climate and elevation, fishing conditions vary depending on which section of the river you plan to fish, and at what time of year you plan to be there. The Arkansas boasts high catches of browns and rainbows to 20 inches. The rainbow trout ( Oncorhynchus mykiss) is a species of Salmonid native to tributaries of the Pacific Ocean in Asia and North America Browns dominate the fishery. [2]
Pronunciations
Though many in the state of Kansas pronounce it as IPA: /ɑrˈkænzəz/ (as the city of Arkansas City, Kansas is pronounced), people in the state of Arkansas pronounce it /ˈɑrkənsɔː/ (as the state of Arkansas is pronounced according to a state law passed in 1881[3]). Kansas ( is a Midwestern state in the central region of the United States of America, an area often referred to as the American " Arkansas City is a City situated at the confluence of the Arkansas and Walnut rivers in the southwestern part of Cowley County, located in south-central Arkansas ( is a state located in the southern region of the United States. Arkansas ( is a state located in the southern region of the United States. People in the Southern United States pronounce it /ˈærkənsɔː/. The Southern United States &mdashcommonly referred to as the American South, Dixie, or simply the South &mdashconstitutes a large distinctive
See also
- List of crossings of the Arkansas River
- Listing of rivers for each state: Colorado, Kansas, Oklahoma, Arkansas
- Kansas v. Colorado
References
- ^ J. This is a list of Bridges and other crossings of the Arkansas River starting from the mouth at the Mississippi River upstream to its source in Colorado. See also Geography of Colorado Colorado drainage basins Lists of Rivers and Streams in the U This is a list of Rivers in Kansas ( US state) By Drainage Basin This list is arranged by drainage basin with respective tributaries This is a list of rivers in the state of Oklahoma By Drainage Basin This list is arranged by drainage basin with respective tributaries List of Rivers in Arkansas ( US state) For a list of dams and reservoirs in Arkansas see List of Arkansas dams and reservoirs Kansas v Colorado refers to a number of cases heard by the Supreme Court of the United States: Kansas v C. Kammerer (May 1990). "Largest Rivers in the United States" (HTML). HTML, an initialism of HyperText Markup Language, is the predominant Markup language for Web pages It provides a means to describe the structure . United States Geological Survey Retrieved on 2007-04-05. The United States Geological Survey ( USGS) is a scientific agency of the United States government. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 456 - St Patrick returns to Ireland as a missionary bishop
- ^ Edrington, Bill (2003). Fly Fishing the Arkansas: An Angler's Guide and Journal. Xlibris Corporation. ISBN 141343522X.
- ^ Stewart, George R. (1967). George Rippey Stewart ( May 31, 1895 – August 22, 1980) was an American Toponymist, a novelist and a professor of English Names on the Land. Houghton Mifflin Company, pp. 335-340.
External links
- Aquifer saturation map for Equus Beds Aquifer Recharge Project
- Arkansas River Coalition
- Full Scale Map
- Wichita Water Center Tours
- Animated Map of navigation system
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