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===Watersheds and streams=== {{missing information|section|streams|date=August 2022}} [[File:NEKS-RiverKeeper-Trails.jpg|thumb|right|Mission Creek watershed]] The county is drained by natural creek and stream watersheds of the [[Kansas River|Kaw River]], which is part of the [[Missouri River]] [[Missouri River#Watershed|basin]]. It receives plentiful rainfall. [[Turkey Creek (Kansas River tributary)|Turkey Creek]] is a [[stream]] spanning [[Johnson County, Kansas|Johnson]] and Wyandotte counties.<ref name=gnis>{{GNIS|479260}}</ref><ref name="controlkmbc">{{cite news | publisher=[[KMBC]] | title=Could Turkey Creek's flood control project be answer to Indian Creek's flooding? | url=https://www.kmbc.com/article/could-turkey-creek-s-flood-control-project-be-the-answer-to-indian-creek-s-flooding/27413288 | date=May 8, 2019 | first=Alan | last=Shope | access-date=June 20, 2024}}</ref> The creek has disastrously flooded the area through all measurable history, including several cities in the Upper Turkey Creek Basin, for which the [[United States Army Corps of Engineers|U.S. Army Corps of Engineers]] has developed complicated [[flood control]] deployments and ongoing proposals, including major drainage at Rosedale, KCK.<ref name="Winding">{{cite book | title=The Winding Valley and the Craggy Hillside | url=https://www.kckpl.org/kansas/documents/rosedale-history/rosedale_chapter8.pdf | chapter=8: Turkey Creek and the Diversion Tunnel | date=1976 | access-date=June 19, 2024}}</ref><ref name="mil">{{cite web | url=https://www.nwk.usace.army.mil/Missions/Civil-Works/Civil-Works-Programs-And-Projects/UpperTurkeyCreek/ | url-status=live | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150908212803/http://www.nwk.usace.army.mil/Missions/CivilWorks/CivilWorksProgramsAndProjects/UpperTurkeyCreek.aspx | archive-date=September 8, 2015 | publisher=US Army Corps of Engineers | title=Upper Turkey Creek Basin | access-date=June 19, 2024}}</ref>
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