Marais des Cygnes River
| Marais des Cygnes River | ||
 Marais des Cygnes River near Papinville |
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| Data | ||
| Water code | US : 477714 | |
| location | Kansas , Missouri ( USA ) | |
| River system | Mississippi River | |
| Drain over | Little Osage → Osage → Missouri → Mississippi → Gulf of Mexico | |
| source | 1 mile north of Reading , Kansas 38 ° 34'5 " N , 95 ° 58'28" W. |
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| Source height | 220 m | |
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Little Osage River Coordinates: 38 ° 1 ′ 39 " N , 94 ° 14 ′ 39" W 38 ° 1 ′ 39 " N , 94 ° 14 ′ 39" W |
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| Mouth height | 220 m | |
| Height difference | 0 m | |
| Bottom slope | 0 ‰ | |
| length | 349 km | |
| Reservoirs flowed through | Melvern Lake | |
| Small towns | Ottawa , Osawatomie , La Cygne | |
The Marais des Cygnes River is a tributary of the Osage River in the east of the US state of Kansas and in the west of Missouri in the United States . By the Osage River and the Missouri River it belongs to the river system of the Mississippi River .
etymology
The name Marais des Cygnes comes from French and means march of the swans . It is probably derived from the trumpeter swan that is widespread in the region .
geography
The river is formed from Elm Creek and Hundred Forty Two Mile Creek north of Reading, Kansas. It flows southwest through the Marais des Cygnes National Wildlife Refuge and finally ends in Missouri in the Little Osage River, where it merges into the Osage River .
In Osage County , the river to Melvern Lake in Eisenhower State Park is dammed.
See also
- Bleeding Kansas , Massacre on the Marais de Cygnes River