Arkansas River

High school (ages 12+)
Geography

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Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/arkansas-river

Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. How long is the Arkansas River?1,469 miles (2,364 km)
2. How big is the Arkansas River?Approximately 170,000 square miles (440,000 km2)
3. What is the location?Originates in Lake County, Colorado; flows eastward through Kansas, Oklahoma, and Arkansas
4. What is the mean discharge?Approximately 40,000 cubic feet per second (1,100 m3/s)

Tributary: A river or stream flowing into a larger river or lake, contributing to its volume.
Headwaters: The streams and small rivers that form the source of a larger river.
Drainage Basin: The area of land from which rainfall and other moisture flow into a river, lake, or other body of water.
Placer Gold: Gold found in riverbeds and streams, often in the form of nuggets or dust, deposited by erosion.