Big Creek (Kansas)
| Big Creek | |
| Country | United States |
|---|---|
| State | Kansas |
| Source | |
| - location | Gove County, Kansas |
| - elevation | 2,986 ft (910 m) |
| - coordinates | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. [1] |
| Mouth | Smoky Hill River |
| - location | Russell County, Kansas |
| - elevation | 1,713 ft (522 m) |
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| Length | 221 mi (356 km) |
| Basin | 862 sq mi (2,233 km2) |
| Discharge | |
| - average | 51 cu ft/s (1 m3/s) |
| Watersheds | Big-Smoky Hill-Kansas-Missouri-Mississippi |
| Reservoirs | Big Creek Lake |
Big Creek is a 221-mile (356 km) stream in the central Great Plains of North America. It is a tributary of the Smoky Hill River, and the entirety of its length lies in the U.S. state of Kansas.[2]
Geography
Big Creek originates in the High Plains of northwestern Kansas.[3] Its source lies in extreme northwestern Gove County.[2] From there, it flows generally east-southeast through the Smoky Hills to its confluence with the Smoky Hill River in southwestern Russell County.[3]
In Ellis County, Kansas, Big Creek flows through the cities of Ellis and Hays.[3] In Ellis, it is dammed to maintain a small reservoir, Big Creek Lake.[4][5] In Hays, the creek runs through the campus of Fort Hays State University.[6]
See also
References
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- ↑ 1.0 1.1 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Big Creek
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