Wakarusa River
| Wakarusa River | |
|---|---|
Falls of the Wakarusa River | |
| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Kansas |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | |
| • location | Wabaunsee County, Kansas |
| • coordinates | 38°53′44″N 95°57′36″W / 38.89556°N 95.96000°W |
| • elevation | 1,261 ft (384 m) |
| Mouth | Kansas River |
• location | Eudora, Kansas |
• coordinates | 38°57′22″N 95°04′56″W / 38.95611°N 95.08222°W |
• elevation | 781 ft (238 m) |
| Length | 80.5 mi (129.6 km) |
| Discharge | |
| • location | USGS 06891500 near Lawrence, KS |
| • average | 219 cu ft/s (6.2 m3/s) |
| • minimum | 0 cu ft/s (0 m3/s) |
| • maximum | 22,600 cu ft/s (640 m3/s) |
| Basin features | |
| River system | Wakarusa—Kansas—Missouri—Mississippi |
The Wakarusa River is a tributary of the Kansas River, approximately 80.5 miles (129.6 km) long, in eastern Kansas in the United States. It drains an agricultural area of rolling limestone hills south of Topeka and Lawrence.