Back نهر سولومون ARZ Solomon River (suba sa Tinipong Bansa, Kansas) CEB Ma'xêhe'néo'hé'e CHY Solomon River Danish Solomon River French Solomonas (upė) Lithuanian Solomon (elv) NB Соломон (река) Russian Solomon River SIMPLE 所罗门河 Chinese
| Solomon River | |
|---|---|
 Solomon River at Beloit, Kansas | |
 Map of the Smoky Hill drainage basin including the Solomon River | |
| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Kansas |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source confluence | Waconda Lake |
| • location | Cawker City, Kansas |
| • coordinates | 39°28′23″N 98°26′00″W / 39.47306°N 98.43333°W |
| • elevation | 1,453 ft (443 m) |
| Mouth | Smoky Hill River |
• location | Solomon, Kansas |
• coordinates | 38°54′13″N 97°22′09″W / 38.90361°N 97.36917°W[2] |
• elevation | 1,142 ft (348 m) |
| Length | 184 mi (296 km) |
| Basin size | 6,835 sq mi (17,700 km2) |
| Discharge | |
| • location | USGS 06876900 at Niles, KS[3] |
| • average | 555 cu ft/s (15.7 m3/s) |
| • minimum | 1 cu ft/s (0.028 m3/s) |
| • maximum | 157,000 cu ft/s (4,400 m3/s) |
| Basin features | |
| Tributaries | |
| • left | North Fork Solomon River |
| • right | South Fork Solomon River |
| Watersheds | Solomon-Smoky Hill-Kansas-Missouri-Mississippi |
The Solomon River, often referred to as the "Solomon Fork", is a 184-mile-long (296 km)[4] river in the central Great Plains of North America. The entire length of the river lies in the U.S. state of Kansas. It is a tributary of the Smoky Hill River.
- ^ "AISRI Dictionary Database Search--prototype version. "River", Southband Pawnee". American Indian Studies Research Institute. Retrieved 2012-05-26.
- ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Solomon River
- ^ "Water-Data Report-2012 - 06876900 Solomon River at Niles, KS" (PDF). U.S. Geological Survey. Retrieved 2015-10-20.
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map, accessed March 29, 2011