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Kansas River

The Kansas River, also known as the Kaw, is a meandering river in northeastern in the . It is potentially the southwestern most part of the drainage, which is sometimes in turn the northwesternmost portion of the extensive drainage.
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  • Type: Stream
  • Description: river in northeastern Kansas, United States
  • Also known as: “Grande Riviere des Cansez”, “Kansees River”, “Kansez River”, “Kanzas River”, “Kaw River”, “Konzas River”, “Padoncah River”, “Padouca River”, and “Riviere de Commanches o Padocas”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Airline History Museum and Charles B. Wheeler Downtown Airport.

Museum
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The is an aviation museum located at the Kansas City Downtown Airport in focused on the history of airlines in the United States.

Aerodrome
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is a city-owned, public-use airport serving , United States. Located in , this facility is included in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems, which categorized it as a general aviation reliever airport.

Community center
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, or Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Building, is a multi-purpose auditorium located in . The 3,500-seat auditorium, which has a permanent stage, is used for public assemblies, concerts and sporting events.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Strawberry Hill and Kansas City.

Quarter
is a historic neighborhood in , located on a bluff overlooking the confluence of the Kansas River and at Kaw Point.

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is a city in the state of , in the United States of America, and a suburb of , . , Kansas, is often referred to as KCK, and , Missouri, as KCMO.

Locality
The is a historic industrial neighborhood of , immediately west of downtown and straddling the border of Kansas City, Missouri and .

Kansas River

Latitude
39.11528° or 39° 6′ 55″ north
Longitude
-94.61051° or 94° 36′ 38″ west
Elevation
719 feet (219 metres)
Open location code
86F7498Q+4Q
Geo­Names ID
4273849
Wiki­data ID
Q1367638
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Satellite Map

Discover Kansas River from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Western Frisian—“Kansas River” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Kansasrivier”
  • Arabic: “نهر كانساس”
  • Armenian: “Կանզաս գետ”
  • Asturian: “Ríu Kansas”
  • Belarusian: “Канзас”
  • Belarusian: “Рака Канзас”
  • Breton: “Kansas (stêr)”
  • Breton: “Kansas”
  • Bulgarian: “Канзас (река)”
  • Bulgarian: “Канзас”
  • Catalan: “Kansas”
  • Cebuano: “Kansas River”
  • Chinese: “Kansas Hô”
  • Chinese: “堪萨斯河”
  • Chinese: “堪薩斯河”
  • Czech: “Kansas”
  • Danish: “Kansas River”
  • Dutch: “Kansas River”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “نهر كانساس”
  • Esperanto: “Kansasrivero”
  • Esperanto: “rivero Kansaso”
  • Esperanto: “Rivero Kansaso”
  • Estonian: “Kansase jõgi”
  • French: “Kansas”
  • French: “Kaw”
  • French: “Rivière Kaw”
  • German: “Kansas River”
  • Greek: “Κάνσας”
  • Greek: “Κω”
  • Greek: “Ποταμός Κάνσας”
  • Hebrew: “נהר קנזס”
  • Hebrew: “קנזס”
  • Hindi: “कैन्सास नदी”
  • Hindi: “कैंसास नदी”
  • Irish: “Abhainn Kansas”
  • Italian: “Kansas”
  • Japanese: “カンザス川”
  • Karachay-Balkar: “Канзас (суу)”
  • Karachay-Balkar: “Канзас”
  • Korean: “캔자스강”
  • Kurdish: “Çemê Kansasê”
  • Latin: “Kansia (flumen)”
  • Latin: “Kansia”
  • Lithuanian: “Kanzasas”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Kansas Hô”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Big Blue River”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Kansas River”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Kansas”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Republican River”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Republican”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Smoky Hill River”
  • Norwegian: “Kansas”
  • Persian: “رود کانزاس”
  • Persian: “رودخانه کانزاس”
  • Piemontese: “Kansas”
  • Polish: “Kansas”
  • Portuguese: “Rio Kansas”
  • Russian: “Канзас (река)”
  • Russian: “Канзас”
  • Serbian: “Канзас”
  • Slovenian: “Kansas River”
  • Slovenian: “Kansas”
  • Slovenian: “Kaw River”
  • Slovenian: “Kaw”
  • Slovenian: “reka Kansas”
  • Slovenian: “reka Kaw”
  • Spanish: “Kansas”
  • Spanish: “Rio Kansas”
  • Spanish: “Río Kansas”
  • Ukrainian: “Канзас”
  • Uzbek: “Kanzas (daryo)”
  • Uzbek: “Kanzas”
  • Venetian: “Kansas”
  • Welsh: “Afon Kansas”
  • Western Frisian: “Kansas”

Places with the Same Name

Discover other places named “Kansas River”.

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Harlem and Fairfax.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Kaw Point Riverfront Park and Central Industrial District Levee Unit.

Kansas: Must-Visit Destinations

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