South Platte River
The South Platte River is one of the two principal tributaries of the Platte River. Flowing through the U.S. states of Colorado and Nebraska, it is itself a major river of the American Midwest and the American Southwest/Mountain West.
- Type: Stream
- Description: river in Colorado and Nebraska in the United States
- Also known as: “Lõuna-Platte jõgi”, “reka South Platte”, “Rio Jesus Maria”, “Río Jesús María”, “Rio Platte Sur”, “Rio South Platte”, “sông Platte Nam”, “Wit’ani’yohe”, and “दक्षिण प्लॅट नदी”
Places of Interest
Highlights: North Platte Regional Airport Lee Bird Field.
North Platte Regional Airport Lee Bird Field
Aerodrome
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.Places in the Area
Nearby places include North Platte.
South Platte River
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Lincoln County, Nebraska, Great Plains, United States, North America
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Latitude
41.11333° or 41° 6′ 48″ north
Longitude
-100.67709° or 100° 40′ 38″ west
Elevation
2,766 feet (843 metres)
Open location code
85HX487F+85
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Welsh—“South Platte River” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Ríu South Platte”
- Azerbaijani: “Saus Plett çayı”
- Belarusian: “Саўт-Плат”
- Catalan: “South Platte”
- Cebuano: “South Platte River”
- Cheyenne: “Vétaneo’hé’e”
- Cheyenne: “Vétaneohée”
- Chinese: “南普拉特河”
- Chuvash: “Саут-Платт”
- Danish: “South Platte River”
- Dutch: “South Platte River”
- Dutch: “South Platte”
- Egyptian Arabic: “نهر سوث پلات”
- Estonian: “Lõuna-Platte”
- French: “rivière Platte Sud”
- French: “South Platte”
- German: “South Platte River”
- Hebrew: “נהר סאות פלאט”
- Italian: “South Platte”
- Japanese: “南プラット川”
- Lithuanian: “Pietų Platas”
- Marathi: “साउथ प्लॅट नदी”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “South Platte River”
- Norwegian: “South Platte River”
- Polish: “Platte Południowa”
- Portuguese: “Rio Platte Sul”
- Russian: “Саут-Платт”
- Slovenian: “South Platte”
- Spanish: “Río Platte Sur”
- Swedish: “South Platte River”
- Turkish: “Güney Platte Nehri”
- Venetian: “South Platte”
- Vietnamese: “sông Nam Platte”
- Welsh: “Afon South Platte”
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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Beck and Sioux View Park.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: North Platte River and Upper Diversion Dam.
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