List of rivers of Kansas

This is a list of rivers in Kansas (U.S. state).

By drainage basin

This list is arranged by drainage basin, with respective tributaries indented under each larger stream's name.

Mean flow in cubic feet of water per second (cfs). One cubic foot equals .0283 cubic meters

River	Cubic feet per second flow	Location of monitoring station
Missouri River	54,280	Near Kansas City
Kansas (Kaw) River	7,464	Near junction with Missouri River
Verdigris River	3,260	Near Coffeyville
Neosho (Grand) River	2,924	Near Parsons
Arkansas River	2,881	Near Oklahoma state line
Big Blue River	2,325	Near Manhattan
Marais des Cygnes River	2,219	Near Missouri state line
Smoky Hill River	1,540	Near Enterprise
Walnut River	924	Near Winfield
Cottonwood River	879	Near Plymouth
Republican River	839	Near Junction City
Delaware River	682	Near Perry
Little Blue River	672	Near Barnes
Solomon River	550	Near Niles
Fall River	536	Near Fredonia
Ninnescah River	528	Near Peck
Little Arkansas River	315	Valley Center
Caney River	288	Near Elgin
Chikaskia River	264	Near Corbin
Stranger Creek	247	Near Tonganoxie
Wakarusa River	220	Near Lawrence
Saline River	214	Near Tescott
Whitewater River	210	Near Towanda
South Fork Ninnescah River	210	Near Murdock
Mill Creek	189	Near Paxico
Lightning Creek	171	Near McCune
Black Vermillion River	169	Near Frankfort
Elk River	161	Near Elk Falls
Soldier Creek	158	Near Topeka
Medicine Lodge River	151	Near Kiowa
Turkey Creek	126	Near Seneca
Turkey Creek	?	At Mission
North Fork Solomon River	116	Near Portis
South Fork Solomon River	105	Near Osborne
Indian Creek	102	Near Leawood

Average water flow totals vary slightly annually.^[1]