- location Yuma County, Colorado - location Haigler, Nebraska Length 89 km Basin area 13,173 km² | - elevation 3,860 ft (1,177 m) - elevation 3,241 ft (988 m) Basin area 13,173 km² Country United States of America | |
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Mouths Republican River, Arikaree River | ||
The North Fork Republican River is a 55.4-mile-long (89.2 km) tributary of the Republican River. It flows eastward from a source in Yuma County, Colorado to just north of Hagler in Dundy County, Nebraska. There it joins with the Arikaree River to form the Republican River.
Map of North Fork Republican River, Haigler, NE, USA
The North Fork Republican River drains an area of 5,086 square miles (13,170 km2), including 4,449 square miles (11,520 km2), or 87.5%, in eastern Colorado, 575 square miles (1,490 km2), or 11.3%, in southwestern Nebraska, and 62 square miles (160 km2), or 1.2%, in northwestern Kansas.
Use of water from the North Fork Republican River is governed by the Republican River Compact, a water agreement among the U.S. states of Colorado, Nebraska, and Kansas signed on 1942-12-31.
References
North Fork Republican River Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA