Arkansas River
Flows through Wichita
The Arkansas River is a major tributary of the Mississippi, flowing about 1,500 miles from the Rocky Mountains in Colorado through Kansas, Oklahoma, and Arkansas.
Its name is pronounced differently depending on location—ar-KAN-zəs in Kansas, AR-kən-saw in Arkansas, reflecting the state's French-influenced pronunciation.
River's starting point
- LeadvilleHistoric Colorado mining settlement
- ColoradoWestern rectangular state
- KansasCentral American plains state
- OklahomaSouth Central U.S. state
tributary · confluence · Mississippi · prairie · sandbars · riparian · floodplain · watershed
Flat freight vessel
- towboatVessel for pushing barges
- lockMechanism requiring a key
- damWater-holding barrier
- channelPassage for transmission
dredging · waterway · commerce · cargo · shipping · confluence · tributary · port
One who casts lines
- catfishBarbeled freshwater bottom-feeder
- troutFreshwater game fish
- bassDeep pitch or fish
- fly-fishingCatching trout with artificial lures
headwaters
River's starting point
- LeadvilleHistoric Colorado mining settlement
- ColoradoWestern rectangular state
- KansasCentral American plains state
Oklahoma · tributary · confluence · Mississippi · prairie · sandbars · riparian · floodplain · watershed · basin
barge
Flat freight vessel
channel · dredging · waterway · commerce · cargo · shipping · confluence · tributary · port · levee
angler
One who casts lines
fly-fishing · rod · reel · tackle · bait · lure · hook · line · casting · catch-and-release
kayaking
Navigating slim watercraft seated
- raftingTraveling on buoyant platform
- canoeingWatercraft propulsion by paddle
- tubingHollow cylindrical conduit
paddling · whitewater · camping · hiking · trails · swimming · boating · birdwatching · wildlife · scenic
- Midwest RiversOhio, Illinois, Wabash, Osage, Sandusky
- Eastern ColoradoBurlington, Lamar, Sterling, Hugo, Holyoke
- Little RockLittle Rock, Hillcrest, Levy, Riverdale, Galloway
- Plains Waterways
- riversMississippi, Amazon, Nile, streams, stream
- ArkansasLittle Rock Nine, Ozarks, Ozark Mountains, Fort Smith, Little Rock
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