| Little Arkansas River | |
| Name Other: | Ne Shuta Shinka River |
| Subdivision Type1: | Country |
| Subdivision Name1: | United States |
| Subdivision Type2: | State |
| Subdivision Name2: | Kansas |
| Length: | 123miles |
| Discharge1 Location: | USGS 07144200 at Valley Center, KS[1] |
| Discharge1 Min: | 1.1cuft/s |
| Discharge1 Avg: | 315cuft/s |
| Discharge1 Max: | 28600cuft/s |
| Source1 Location: | Ellsworth County, Kansas |
| Source1 Coordinates: | 38.5294°N -98.155°W |
| Source1 Elevation: | 1759feet |
| Mouth: | Arkansas River |
| Mouth Location: | Wichita, Kansas |
| Mouth Coordinates: | 37.6914°N -97.3492°W[2] |
| Mouth Elevation: | 1283feet |
| Custom Label: | Watersheds |
| Custom Data: | Little Arkansas-Arkansas- Mississippi |
The Little Arkansas River is a river in the central Great Plains of North America. A tributary of the Arkansas River, its entire 123miles length lies within the American state of Kansas.[3]
The river originates in central Kansas in the Smoky Hills region of the Great Plains.[3] [4] Its source lies in extreme south-central Ellsworth County immediately north of Geneseo, Kansas.[4] [5] From there, the river flows generally south-southeast along the border between the Arkansas River Lowlands to the southwest and the McPherson Lowlands to the northeast.[4] It joins the Arkansas River immediately northwest of downtown Wichita, Kansas.[4] [6]
A statue, The Keeper of the Plains by local artist Blackbear Bosin, marks the confluence of these two rivers.
