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The Kansas River (also known as the Kaw; via French ''Cansez'' from ''kką:ze'', the name of the Kaw (or Kansas) tribe〔. ''The Encyclopedia of Kansas'' (1994) ISBN 0-403-09921-8 Connelley, William E. 1918. ''(Indians )''. A Standard History of Kansas and Kansans, ch. 10, vol. 1〕) is a river in northeastern Kansas in the United States. It is the southwestern-most part of the Missouri River drainage, which is in turn the northwestern-most portion of the extensive Mississippi River drainage. Its name (and nickname) come from the Kanza (Kaw) people who once inhabited the area. The state of Kansas was named for the river.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url =http://www.netstate.com/states/intro/ks_intro.htm )〕〔''The Encyclopedia of Kansas'' (1994) ISBN 0-403-09921-8〕 The river valley averages in width, with the widest points being between Wamego and Rossville, where it is up to wide, then narrowing to or less in places below Eudora. Much of the river's watershed is dammed for flood control, but the Kansas River is generally free-flowing and has only minor obstructions, including diversion weirs and one low-impact hydroelectric dam. ==Course== Beginning at the confluence of the Republican and Smoky Hill rivers, just east of aptly named Junction City (), the Kansas River flows some 〔U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. (The National Map ), accessed May 31, 2011〕 generally eastward to join the Missouri River at Kaw Point () in Kansas City. Dropping on its journey seaward, the water in the Kansas River falls less than . The Kansas River valley is only long;〔 the surplus length of the river is due to meandering across the floodplain. The river's course roughly follows the maximum extent of a Pre-Illinoian glaciation, and the river likely began as a path of glacial meltwater drainage.〔environmental news service〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Kansas River」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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