Arkansas River

The Arkansas River is a major tributary to the Mississippi River. It generally flows to the east and southeast as it traverses the US states of Colorado, Kansas, Oklahoma, an Arkansas. The river's source basin lies in the Western United States in Colorado, specifically the Arkansas River Valley, where the headwaters derive from the snowpack in the Sawatch an Mosquito mountain ranges. It then flows east intothe Midwet via Kansas, an finally intae the Souh through Oklahoma and Arkansas.

Arkansas River
River
The lawer pairt o the Arkansas River near Little Rock, Arkansas
Kintra	Unitit States
States	Colorado, Kansas, Oklahoma, Arkansas
Region	Great Plains
Pairt o	Mississippi River wattershed
Tributaries
- left	Fountain Creek, Pawnee River, Little Arkansas River, Walnut River, Verdigris River, Neosho River
- right	Cimarron River, Salt Fork Arkansas River, Canadian River, Poteau River
Ceeties	Pueblo, CO, Wichita, KS, Tulsa, OK, Muskogee, OK, Fort Smith, AR, Little Rock, AR, Pine Bluff, AR
Soorce	Confluence o East Fork Arkansas River an Tennessee Creek
- location	Near Leadville, Rocky Mountains, Colorado
- elevation	9,728 ft (2,965 m)
- coordinates	39°15′30″N 106°20′38″W / 39.25833°N 106.34389°W / 39.25833; -106.34389 [1]
Mooth	Mississippi River
- location	Franklin Tounship, Desha Coonty, near Napoleon, Arkansas
- elevation	108 ft (33 m) [1]
- coordinates	33°46′30″N 91°04′15″W / 33.77500°N 91.07083°W / 33.77500; -91.07083 91°04′15″W / 33.77500°N 91.07083°W / 33.77500; -91.07083 [1]
Lenth	1,469 mi (2,364 km), Wast-east [2]
Basin	168,002 sq mi (435,123 km2) [3]
Discharge	for Dardanelle, Arkansas, river mile 219.5 (river kilometer 353.3)
- average	40,517 cu ft/s (1,147 m3/s) [4]
- max	683,000 cu ft/s (19,340 m3/s)
- min	1,207 cu ft/s (34 m3/s)
The Arkansas River flowes throu Colorado, Kansas, Oklahoma, an Arkansas, an its wattershed an aa drains pairts o Texas, New Mexico an Missouri.