Kansas River
The Kansas River, also known as the Kaw, is a meandering river in northeastern Kansas in the United States. It is potentially the southwestern most part of the Missouri River drainage, which is sometimes in turn the northwesternmost portion of the extensive Mississippi River drainage.
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.- Type: Stream
- Description: river in northeastern Kansas, United States
- Also known as: “Big Blue River”, “Flumen Cansiae”, “Grande Riviere des Cansez”, “Kansasrivero”, “Kansees River”, “Kansez River”, “Kanzas River”, “Kaw”, “Kaw River”, “Konzas River”, “Padoncah River”, “Padouca River”, “reka Kansas”, “reka Kaw”, “Republican”, “Republican River”, “Riviere de Commanches o Padocas”, “Rivière Kaw”, “Smoky Hill River”, “Κω”, and “कैंसास नदी”
Places of Interest
Highlights: Airline History Museum and Charles B. Wheeler Downtown Airport.
Airline History Museum
Museum
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
James Street Bridge
Bridge
The James Street Bridge is a car crossing of the Kansas River at Kansas City.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Strawberry Hill and Kansas City.
Kansas River
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Wyandotte, Kansas, Great Plains, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
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
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Satellite Map
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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”
- Breton: “Kansas (stêr)”
- Breton: “Kansas”
- Bulgarian: “Канзас (река)”
- Bulgarian: “Канзас”
- Catalan: “Kansas”
- Cebuano: “Kansas River”
- Chinese: “堪萨斯河”
- Chinese: “堪薩斯河”
- Czech: “Kansas”
- Danish: “Kansas River”
- Dutch: “Kansas River”
- Egyptian Arabic: “نهر كانساس”
- Esperanto: “rivero Kansaso”
- Esperanto: “Rivero Kansaso”
- Estonian: “Kansase jõgi”
- French: “Kansas”
- German: “Kansas River”
- Greek: “Κάνσας”
- Greek: “Ποταμός Κάνσας”
- Hebrew: “נהר קנזס”
- Hebrew: “קנזס”
- Hindi: “कैन्सास 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: “Cansia (flumen)”
- Latin: “Kansia”
- Lithuanian: “Kanzasas”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Kansas Hô”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Kansas”
- Norwegian: “Kansas”
- Persian: “رود کانزاس”
- Persian: “رودخانه کانزاس”
- Piemontese: “Kansas”
- Polish: “Kansas”
- Portuguese: “Rio Kansas”
- Russian: “Канзас”
- Serbian: “Канзас”
- Slovenian: “Kansas”
- Spanish: “Río Kansas”
- Swedish: “Kansasfloden”
- Ukrainian: “Канзас”
- Uzbek: “Kanzas (daryo)”
- Uzbek: “Kanzas”
- Venetian: “Kansas”
- Welsh: “Afon Kansas”
- Western Frisian: “Kansas”
Places with the Same Name
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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Harlem and Fairfax.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Kaw Point Riverfront Park and Central Industrial District Levee Unit.
Kansas: Must-Visit Destinations
Worth a closer look: Topeka and Wichita.
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