Niangua River
| Niangua River | |
| Country | United States |
|---|---|
| State | Missouri |
| Tributaries | |
| - left | Little Niangua River |
| Source confluence | |
| - location | Webster County, Missouri |
| - elevation | 1,136 ft (346 m) |
| - coordinates | 37°26′46″N 92°55′11″W / 37.44611°N 92.91972°W |
| Mouth | Lake of the Ozarks |
| - location | Camden County, Missouri |
| - elevation | 663 ft (202 m) |
| - coordinates | 37°57′39″N 92°48′22″W / 37.96083°N 92.80611°WCoordinates: 37°57′39″N 92°48′22″W / 37.96083°N 92.80611°W |
| Length | 125 mi (201 km) |
| Basin | 1,040 sq mi (2,694 km2) |
| Discharge | for USGS 06923950 at Tunnel Dam near Macks Creek, MO |
| - average | 450 cu ft/s (13 m3/s) |
| - max | 27,700 cu ft/s (784 m3/s) |
| - min | 0 cu ft/s (0 m3/s) |
| Watersheds | Niangua-Osage-Missouri-Mississippi |
| Reservoirs | Lake Niangua, Lake of the Ozarks |
 Map of the Osage River watershed showing the Niangua River
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The Niangua River /naɪˈæŋɡwə/ is a 125-mile-long (201 km)tributary of the Osage River in the Ozarks region of southern and central Missouri in the United States. Via the Osage and Missouri rivers it is part of the watershed of the Mississippi River.
Niangua River has the name of Niangua (or Nehemgar), an Indian tribal leader. The name is said to mean "bear".
The Niangua River is formed in Webster County by the confluence of its short east and west forks, and flows generally northward through Dallas, Laclede and Camden counties, past Bennett Spring, Lake Niangua, and Ha Ha Tonka State Parks. It flows into the Osage River as an arm of the Lake of the Ozarks, which is formed by the Bagnell Dam on the Osage. As part of the lake it collects the Little Niangua River.
This is a list of areas where the Niangua River can be publicly accessed; this list was put in order from beginning of river to where river meets up with Lake of the Ozarks.
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