Osage River
| Osage River | ||
 Osage River basin |
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| Data | ||
| Water code | US : 756484 | |
| location | Missouri (USA) | |
| River system | Mississippi | |
| Drain over | Missouri → Mississippi → Gulf of Mexico | |
| source | Confluence of the Marais des Cygnes River and Little Osage River 38 ° 1 ′ 39 ″ N , 94 ° 14 ′ 39 ″ W |
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| Source height | 220 m | |
| muzzle | in the Missouri River, about 15 km below Jefferson City Coordinates: 38 ° 35 ′ 49 " N , 91 ° 56 ′ 43" W, 38 ° 35 ′ 49 " N , 91 ° 56 ′ 43" W |
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| Mouth height | 158 m | |
| Height difference | 62 m | |
| Bottom slope | 0.14 ‰ | |
| length | 444 km | |
| Catchment area | 15,300 km² | |
| Left tributaries | South Grand River , Gravois Creek | |
| Right tributaries | Sac River , Niangua River | |
| Reservoirs flowed through | Harry S. Truman Reservoir , Lake of the Ozarks | |
The Osage River is a 444 km long right tributary of the Missouri River in the US state of Missouri . The Osage River is one of the largest rivers in Missouri. The river mainly drains rural areas. The drainage basin is 15,300 km² and includes east-central Kansas and much of west-central Missouri, where it drains the northwestern part of the Ozark Plateau . The river flows mainly in an easterly direction. For the last 50 miles it changes its direction of flow to the northeast until it meets the Missouri River. A large part of the river was converted into a lake landscape - consisting of the two reservoirs Harry S. Truman Reservoir and Lake of the Ozarks .
Individual evidence
- ^ US Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map , accessed May 31, 2011
Web links
Commons : Osage River - collection of pictures, videos and audio files
- Navigating the Osage River in Missouri: 1839–1926 ( Memento of February 21, 2004 in the Internet Archive )