Solomon River

Solomon River Kiicawiicaku,[1] Mahkineohe, Nepaholla, Rivere de Soucis, Wisgapalla[2]
Map of the Smoky Hill drainage basin including the Solomon River
Location
Country	United States
State	Kansas
Physical characteristics
Source confluence	Waconda Lake
- location	Cawker City, Kansas
- coordinates	39°28′23″N 98°26′00″W
- elevation	1,453 ft (443 m)
Mouth	Smoky Hill River
- location	Solomon, Kansas
- coordinates	38°54′13″N 97°22′09″W[2]
- elevation	1,142 ft (348 m)
Length	184 mi (296 km)
Basin size	6,835 sq mi (17,700 km^2)
Discharge
- location	USGS 06876900 at Niles, KS[3]
- average	555 cu ft/s (15.7 m^3/s)
- minimum	1 cu ft/s (0.028 m^3/s)
- maximum	157,000 cu ft/s (4,400 m^3/s)
Basin features
Tributaries
- left	North Fork Solomon River
- right	South Fork Solomon River
Watersheds	Solomon-Smoky Hill-Kansas-Missouri-Mississippi

The Solomon River is a 184-mile-long (296 km)^[4] river in the central Great Plains of North America. The entire river in the U.S. state of Kansas. It is a tributary of the Smoky Hill River.

Names

The Native name for the river was Nepaholla. It meant "Water on the Hill". This is a reference to Waconda Spring, which was in the river valley.^[5]

References

1. "AISRI Dictionary Database Search--prototype version. "River", Southband Pawnee". American Indian Studies Research Institute. Retrieved 2012-05-26.
2. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Solomon River
3. "Water-Data Report-2012 - 06876900 Solomon River at Niles, KS" (PDF). U.S. Geological Survey. Retrieved 2015-10-20.
4. U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map Archived 2017-08-23 at the Wayback Machine, accessed March 29, 2011
5. Rothenberger, Von (2002). "About the Solomon Valley". Solomon Valley/Highway 24 Heritage Alliance. Archived from the original on 2007-05-16.