Solomon River (Kansas)
| Solomon River | |
| Kiicawiicaku, Mahkineohe, Nepaholla, Rivere de Soucis, Wisgapalla | |
| Country | United States |
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| State | Kansas |
| Tributaries | |
| - left | North Fork Solomon River |
| - right | South Fork Solomon River |
| Source confluence | Waconda Lake |
| - location | Cawker City, Kansas |
| - elevation | 1,453 ft (443 m) |
| - coordinates | 39°28′23″N 98°26′00″W / 39.47306°N 98.43333°W |
| Mouth | Smoky Hill River |
| - location | Solomon, Kansas |
| - elevation | 1,142 ft (348 m) |
| - coordinates | 38°54′13″N 97°22′09″W / 38.90361°N 97.36917°WCoordinates: 38°54′13″N 97°22′09″W / 38.90361°N 97.36917°W |
| Length | 184 mi (296 km) |
| Basin | 6,835 sq mi (17,703 km2) |
| Discharge | for USGS 06876900 at Niles, KS |
| - average | 555 cu ft/s (16 m3/s) |
| - max | 157,000 cu ft/s (4,446 m3/s) |
| - min | 1 cu ft/s (0 m3/s) |
| Watersheds | Solomon-Smoky Hill-Kansas-Missouri-Mississippi |
| Reservoirs | Waconda Lake |
 Map of the Smoky Hill drainage basin including the Solomon River
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The Solomon River, often referred to as the "Solomon Fork", is a 184-mile-long (296 km)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.
The Native name for the river was Nepaholla, meaning "Water on the Hill" in reference to Waconda Spring which was located in the river valley. In 1744, French explorers named the river Salmon, later corrupted into Solomon, after Edme Gatien de Salmon, a prominent colonial official of French Louisiana at the time. Other names for the river include , Riviere de Soucis, Solomons Creek, Wiskapalla River, and Solomons Fork.
The Solomon River is formed by the confluence of the North Fork Solomon River and South Fork Solomon River at Waconda Lake in northwestern Mitchell County, Kansas. Both forks originate in the High Plains of northwestern Kansas. From Waconda Lake, the Solomon flows southeast for 184 miles (296 km) through the Smoky Hills region and joins the Smoky Hill River immediately south of Solomon, Kansas in western Dickinson County.
The Solomon River drainage basin covers an area of 6,835 square miles (17,703 km2). Via the Smoky Hill, Kansas, and Missouri Rivers, it is part of the Mississippi River watershed.
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