Editing Kansas River (section)

==Drainage==
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| header            = The Kansas River at [[Lawrence, Kansas|Lawrence]] showing Bowersock Dam and the [[U.S. 40 and 59 Bridges]]
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| image1            = Kansas River Lawrence.jpg
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| caption2          = At flood stage
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The Kansas drains {{Convert|34423|sqmi}} of land in Kansas (almost all of the northern half), along with {{convert|16916|sqmi}} in [[Nebraska]] and {{convert|8775|sqmi}} in [[Colorado]], making a total of just over {{Convert|60000|sqmi}}.<ref name="autogenerated1">{{cite web|url=http://www.kgs.ku.edu/Publications/KR/kr_geol.html|title=KGS--Kansas River Corridor--Geology|website=www.kgs.ku.edu|access-date=10 April 2018}}</ref> When including the Republican River and its headwater tributaries, the Kansas River system has a length of {{convert|743|mi}}, making it the 21st longest river system in the United States.<ref>[http://ga.water.usgs.gov/edu/riversofworld.html Lengths of major rivers<!-- Bot generated title -->] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090305045437/http://ga.water.usgs.gov/edu/riversofworld.html |date=2009-03-05 }}</ref> Its highest headwaters are at about {{convert|6000|ft}} and extend nearly to [[Limon, Colorado]]. Much of the drainage of the river lies within the [[Great Plains]], but the river itself exists entirely within the [[Mid-Continent Region (North America)|Mid-Continent Region]]. The majority of the rest of the state is drained by the [[Arkansas River|Arkansas]] (and its tributaries, the [[Neosho River|Neosho]], [[Cimarron River (Arkansas River)|Cimarron]], and [[Verdigris River|Verdigris]], all three of which drain into the Arkansas in [[Oklahoma]]). A portion of central-eastern Kansas is drained by the [[Marais des Cygnes River]], which flows into [[Missouri]] to meet the Missouri River.  A small area in the extreme northeast part of the state drains directly into the Missouri. In the Kansas City metro area, some streams drain east into the [[Blue River (Missouri)|Blue River]] tributary of the Missouri.