Marais des Cygnes River
| Marais des Cygnes River | |
| Big Osage River, Brush Creek, Grand River, Old Aunt Mary River | |
| Country | United States |
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| State | Kansas, Missouri |
| Tributaries | |
| - left | 110 Mile Creek, Bull Creek |
| - right | Pottawatomie Creek |
| Source confluence | |
| - location | Lyon County, Kansas |
| - elevation | 1,112 ft (339 m) |
| - coordinates | 38°34′05″N 95°58′28″W / 38.56806°N 95.97444°W |
| Mouth | Osage River |
| - location | Vernon County, Missouri |
| - elevation | 722 ft (220 m) |
| - coordinates | 38°01′39″N 94°14′39″W / 38.02750°N 94.24417°WCoordinates: 38°01′39″N 94°14′39″W / 38.02750°N 94.24417°W |
| Length | 217 mi (349 km) |
| Discharge | for USGS 06916600 near Kansas-Missouri state line |
| - average | 2,189 cu ft/s (62 m3/s) |
| - max | 129,000 cu ft/s (3,653 m3/s) |
| - min | 0 cu ft/s (0 m3/s) |
| Watersheds | Marais des Cygnes-Osage-Missouri-Mississippi |
| Reservoirs | Melvern Lake |
 Map of the Osage River watershed including the Marais des Cygnes River
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The Marais des Cygnes River (/məˈriː də ˈsiːn/, /ˌmɛr də ˈziːn/, or /məˈreɪ də ˈseɪn/) is a principal tributary of the Osage River, about 217 miles (349 km) long, in eastern Kansas and western Missouri in the United States. Via the Osage and Missouri rivers, it is part of the watershed of the Mississippi River. The name Marais des Cygnes means "Marsh of the Swans" in French (presumably in reference to the trumpeter swan which was historically common in the Midwest.) The river is notorious for flash flooding. The river is referenced in the song "The River" by Chely Wright.
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