Arkansas River

Course of the Arkansas River

Source of the Arkansas River near Leadville (Colorado)

Views of the Arkansas River to Little Rock

It rises in the Sawatch Range of the Rocky Mountains at approximately 4260 meters above sea level near the small town of Leadville in central Colorado - around 130 kilometers southwest of Denver. It flows in an easterly direction through the Great Plains, among other things happened Pueblo, Wichita, Tulsa and Little Rock, and to finally open at the state border with the U.S. state of Mississippi in the same river.

On the way from the Rocky Mountains down into the highlands of the Great Plains, the Arkansas River developed by rocky river bottoms and on the basis of the steep slope to a raging river that passes through many deep canyons. One of these canyons is west of Cañon City, the Royal Gorge ( " Royal Gorge " ) with The Royal Gorge Bridge - the highest with over 300 meters suspension bridge in the world.

To the east of Colorado is located near Las Animas with the John Martin Reservoir is the most important reservoir of the Arkansas River, which counteract the rapidly varying currents of the river, thus preventing regular flooding. In Kansas, the Arkansas River, finally developed more and more of a quiet stream, which flows in the valleys near the city of Tulsa of the Canadian River and, finally, by the mountain ranges Boston Mountains and Ouachita Mountains makes its way to the Mississippi.

The river, whose catchment area covers 435 122 square kilometers, is navigable for 1046 kilometers length, to the mouth of the Verdigris River below Tulsa. The Verdigris River is a few miles to Catoosa navigable, where those U.S. inland port is the largest marine distance.

Name Variants

The river has several name variants:

  • Acansas River
  • Akansa River
  • Akansas River
  • Akansea River
  • American Nile River
  • Arcansa River
  • ARCANSAS River
  • Arcos River
  • Ares River
  • Arkansaw River
  • Bazine
  • Chinali River
  • Kansas River
  • La Riviere Des Akancas
  • La zorca River
  • Ne Shudse
  • Ne Shuta River
  • Nigrette River
  • Roller bag River
  • Red River
  • Rio Napeste
  • Rio Napestle
  • Riviere des Akansas
  • Riviere des Arcanssas

Cultural

Christo and Jeanne- Claude plan since 1999 to span a portion of the river between Canon City and Salida with fabric panels. Currently, the approval process is well advanced, the opponents of the project but have sued the U.S. government for the licenses, so that the project must be postponed indefinitely.

" I am very happy with the Colorado court 's decision to uphold the state parks agreement, " Said Christ. " We have now cleared two of the three legal hurdles did need to be overcome and I look forward to the federal court making its decision on the third case pending silent. "

Leadville, Colorado Cimarron River (Arkansas River) Little Rock, Arkansas Catoosa (Oklahoma) Cañon City, Colorado Integrated Authority File
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