Nishnabotna River
| Nishnabotna River | ||
 Mouth of the Nishnabotna River into the Missouri |
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| Water code | US : 723379 | |
| location | Iowa , Missouri , Nebraska (USA) | |
| River system | Mississippi River | |
| Drain over | Missouri River → Mississippi River → Gulf of Mexico | |
| Beginning | Confluence of the West Nishnabotna River and East Nishnabotna River near Hamburg , Fremont County , Iowa 40 ° 39 ′ 8 ″ N , 95 ° 37 ′ 24 ″ W |
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| muzzle | Missouri River, west of Watson , Atchison County , Missouri Coordinates: 40 ° 29 ′ 1 ″ N , 95 ° 41 ′ 45 ″ W 40 ° 29 ′ 1 ″ N , 95 ° 41 ′ 45 ″ W
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| length | 26 km | |
The Nishnabotna River is a 26 km long river in the US -amerikanischen states Iowa , Missouri and Nebraska . Its course begins with the confluence of the West Nishnabotna River with the East Nishnabotna River near Hamburg in Fremont County , Iowa and ends with the confluence with the Missouri River , which forms the Missouri-Nebraska border , around 7 km west of Watson in Atchison County , Missouri . A few kilometers before its mouth, the Nishnabotna River flows through an area east of the Missouri that belongs to Nebraska.
The source rivers are each longer than the river itself:
- The West Nishnabotna River is 200 km long and rises south of West Side in Crawford County in western Iowa on 42.0183 ° N , 95.0955 ° W .
- The East Nishnabotna River is also around 200 km long and rises southwest of Templeton in Carroll County in west-central Iowa on 41.9008 ° N , 94.9919 ° W .
other names
The river is known by a number of other names:
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Individual evidence
- ^ Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey - West Nishnabotna River.Retrieved December 1, 2014
- ^ Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey - East Nishnabotna River.Retrieved December 1, 2014
- ↑ Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey - Nishnabotna River.Retrieved December 1, 2014