Osage River
river in Missouri, United States
The Osage River is a 276-mile-long (444 km)[2] tributary of the Missouri River in central Missouri in the United States. It is the 8th longest river in Missouri. It is named after the Osage Nation, a Native American tribe.[3]
| Osage River | |
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 Map of the Osage River watershed showing the Niangua River | |
| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Missouri Kansas |
| Region | Osage Plains, Ozarks |
| City | Warsaw, Lake Ozark, Tuscumbia |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source confluence | |
| - location | Vernon County, Missouri |
| - coordinates | 38°01′39″N 94°14′39″W / 38.02750°N 94.24417°W |
| - elevation | 722 ft (220 m) |
| Mouth | Missouri River |
| - location | Bonnots Mill, Missouri |
| - coordinates | 38°35′49″N 91°56′43″W / 38.59694°N 91.94528°W[1] |
| - elevation | 518 ft (158 m) |
| Length | 276 mi (444 km) |
| Basin size | 15,300 sq mi (40,000 km2) |
| Discharge | |
| - location | near St. Thomas, MO |
| - average | 10,879 cu ft/s (308.1 m3/s) |
| - minimum | 640 cu ft/s (18 m3/s) |
| - maximum | 216,000 cu ft/s (6,100 m3/s) |
| Basin features | |
| Tributaries | |
| - left | Marais des Cygnes River, South Grand River |
| - right | Little Osage River, Clear Creek, Sac River, Pomme de Terre River, Niangua River |
| Watersheds | Osage-Missouri-Mississippi |
References
change- ↑ "Osage River". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2015-12-04.
- ↑ U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map Archived 2012-03-29 at the Wayback Machine, accessed May 31, 2011
- ↑ "Cole County Place Names, 1928–1945 (archived)". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on 24 June 2016. Retrieved 22 September 2016.
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