Where does the Platte River dump into?

Where does the Platte River dump into?

The Platte flows southeast into a big bend at Kearney, curves northeast, and travels east, south, and east again before emptying into the Missouri River at Plattsmouth, about 20 miles (32 km) south of Omaha. Other cities along the river include Lexington, Grand Island, Columbus, and Fremont.

What does the Platte River connect to?

The Platte River begins high in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado and Wyoming, then moves through the dry Great Plains of Colorado, Wyoming and Western Nebraska until it reaches the Missouri River at Plattsmouth, Nebraska. The North Platte and South Platte rivers join to form the Platte River near Ogallala.

What does the North Platte river flow into?

Platte River
North Platte River/Mouths

What watershed is Denver in?

South Platte River Watershed
The partnership geographic boundary encompasses a large area of over 6,600 square miles (most of the South Platte River Watershed) and includes the headwaters in the Colorado mountains, the Denver- metro urban and suburban area, and the plains out to Barr Lake and Milton Reservoir.

What states does the Platte River flow through?

The North Platte River is a major tributary of the Platte River and is approximately 716 miles (1,152 km) long, counting its many curves. In a straight line, it travels about 550 miles (890 km), along its course through the U.S. states of Colorado, Wyoming, and Nebraska.

What river does South Platte flow into?

North Platte River
South Platte River/Mouths

What is the Rio Grande watershed?

The entire Rio Grande/ Rio Bravo watershed covers an area approximately 924,300 square kilometers (335,000 square miles), with approximately half the watershed in the United States and the other half in Mexico. Roughly 50,000 square miles of the watershed are within Texas.

What watershed is Aurora Colorado in?

South Platte River watershed
In Aurora, we live in the South Platte River watershed, which means that the rain or snow falling near your home will eventually flow into the South Platte River. This river is 439 miles long and water travels all the way through the Mississippi River to the Gulf of Mexico.

What type of channel is the Platte River?

The Platte River is a tributary of the Missouri River, which itself is a tributary of the Mississippi River which flows to the Gulf of Mexico. The Platte over most of its length is a broad, shallow, meandering stream with a sandy bottom and many islands—a braided stream.

What direction does the South Platte River flow?

South Platte River, one of the two main arms of the Platte River (q.v.), rising in the Mosquito Range of central Colorado, U.S., and flowing southeast.

What type of river is the Platte River?

Where is the headwaters of the South Platte River?

Headwaters. The South Platte drains a large part of the Front Range mountains east of the continental divide. The part of the river labeled the South Platte is formed in Park County, Colorado, located southwest of Denver, in the South Park grassland basin and mountains east of the continental divide.

Where does the Platte River drain the Great Plains?

The Platte is one of the most significant tributary systems in the watershed of the Missouri, draining a large portion of the central Great Plains in Nebraska and the eastern Rocky Mountains in Colorado and Wyoming.

How many dams are there on the South Platte River?

The South Platte River has been dammed about 20 times for water storage, drinking water and irrigation purposes in Colorado as it flows to its confluence with the North Platte River. The total number of dams in the South Platte drainage may exceed 1,000 as nearly all major streams have at least one dam on them.

Where does the Platte River go in the winter?

The Platte is in the middle of the Central Flyway, a primary north–south corridor for migratory birds from their summer nesting grounds in the north (Alaska and Canada), south for the winter, and the return in the spring.