Wolf River (Kansas)

Geobox River
name = Wolf River
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image_caption = The Wolf River near its mouth in 2006
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country = United States
state = Kansas
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watershed_imperial = 247.8
watershed_note =cite web |url=http://www.kdheks.gov/tmdl/motmdl.htm |title=TMDLs for the Missouri Basin: |pages= [http://www.kdheks.gov/tmdl/mo/WolfCrFCB.pdf Wolf River] |author=The Kansas Department of Health and Environment |date=2001-06-28 |accessdate=2007-02-04]
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source_location = north of Powhattan
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source_lat_d = 39
source_lat_m = 47
source_lat_s = 38
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source_long_d = 95
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source_long_s = 28
source_long_EW = W
source_coordinates_note =cite web |url=Gnis3|472812 |title=GNIS entry for Wolf River (Feature ID #472812)|author=Geographic Names Information System|authorlink=Geographic Names Information System|accessdate=2007-02-04]
source_elevation_imperial = 1181
source_elevation_note = Google Earth elevation for GNIS coordinates. Retrieved on 2007-06-11.]
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mouth_name = Missouri River
mouth_location = southeast of White Cloud
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mouth_elevation_imperial = 827
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mouth_lat_d = 39
mouth_lat_m = 53
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map_first =The Wolf River is a tributary of the Missouri River in northeastern Kansas in the United States, draining an area of 247.8 square miles (642 km²) in the Dissected Till Plains region.

It rises in Brown County, approximately three miles (5 km) north of Powhattan, and flows generally eastwardly into Doniphan County, past the communities of Robinson, Leona, and Severance. Near Severance, the river turns northward; it flows into the Missouri River approximately eight miles (13 km) southeast of White Cloud. [DeLorme (2003). "Kansas Atlas & Gazetteer". p. 26. Yarmouth, Maine: DeLorme. ISBN 0-89933-342-7.]

According to a 2001 study by the Kansas Department of Health and Environment, 71% of the Wolf River watershed is cropland, 25% is grassland, 3% is woodland, and 0.5% is urban.

Variant names

According to the Geographic Names Information System, the Wolf River has also been known historically as:
*Petite Riviere de Cansez
*Riviere du Loup
*Shun-ta-nesh-nanga
*Wolf Creek

ee also

*List of Kansas rivers

References