North Fork Republican River Explained

North Fork Republican River
Name Other:Wi'hiuniyohe
Subdivision Type1:Country
Subdivision Name1:United States
Subdivision Type2:State
Subdivision Name2:Colorado, Nebraska
Length:55miles
Source1 Location:Yuma County, Colorado
Source1 Coordinates:39.9994°N -102.4539°W
Source1 Elevation:3860feet
Mouth:Republican River
Mouth Location:Haigler, Nebraska
Mouth Coordinates:40.0197°N -101.9383°W
Mouth Elevation:3241feet
Basin Size:5086sqmi
Custom Label:Watersheds
Custom Data:North Fork Republican-
Republican-Kansas-Missouri-
Mississippi

The North Fork Republican River is a 55.4adj=midNaNadj=mid[1] tributary of the Republican River. It flows eastward from a source in Yuma County, Colorado to just north of Haigler in Dundy County, Nebraska. There it joins with the Arikaree River to form the Republican River.

The North Fork Republican River drains an area of, including, or 87.5%, in eastern Colorado,, or 11.3%, in southwestern Nebraska, and, or 1.2%, in northwestern Kansas.[2]

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.

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  1. U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map, accessed March 29, 2011
  2. Web site: Hydrologic Unit Project. Montana State University, Environmental Statistics Group. Gustafson. Daniel L.. 2003-01-24. 2008-02-05. https://web.archive.org/web/20120210042832/http://www.esg.montana.edu/gl/huc/. 2012-02-10. dead.