Editing Kansas River (section)

==Course==
Beginning at the confluence of the [[Republican River|Republican]] and [[Smoky Hill River|Smoky Hill]] rivers, just east of aptly named [[Junction City, Kansas|Junction City]] ({{convert|1040|ft|disp=or}}), the Kansas River flows some {{convert|148|mi}}<ref name="NHD">U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. [http://viewer.nationalmap.gov/viewer/ The National Map]  {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120329155652/http://viewer.nationalmap.gov/viewer/ |date=2012-03-29 }}, accessed May 31, 2011</ref> generally eastward to join the [[Missouri River]] at [[Kaw Point]] ({{convert|718|ft|disp=or}}) in [[Kansas City, Kansas]]. Dropping {{convert|322|ft}} on its journey seaward, the water in the Kansas River falls less than {{convert|2|ft/mi}}. The Kansas River [[valley]] is only {{convert|115|mi}} long;<ref name="NHD" /> the surplus length of the river is due to [[meander]]ing across the [[floodplain]]. The river's course roughly follows the maximum extent of a [[Pre-Illinoian]] glaciation, and the river likely began as a path of glacial meltwater drainage.<ref>environmental news service</ref>{{Better source|reason=The incomplete citation is unverifiable. See [[Talk:Kansas River#Better source needed - glaciation]]|date=July 2020}}