Cimarron River
Sign in to saveTributary of the Arkansas River in the central United States
Key facts
- Etymology
- Río de los Carneros Cimarrones , ( Spanish for ' River of the Wild Sheep ' )
- Native name
- Ñíxgu / Ñíhgu ( Iowa-Oto ) Hotóao'hé'e ( Cheyenne )
- Country
- United States
- State
- Colorado, Kansas, New Mexico, Oklahoma
- Cities
- Cushing, Oklahoma , Mannford, Oklahoma , Guthrie, Oklahoma
- Source
- Confluence of Dry Cimarron River and Carrizozo Creek
- Location
- Kenton , Cimarron County, Oklahoma
- Coordinates
- 36°54′24″N 102°59′12″W / 36.90667°N 102.98667°W / 36.90667; -102.98667
- Elevation
- 4,318 ft (1,316 m)
- Mouth
- Arkansas River
- Length
- 698 mi (1,123 km)
- Basin size
- 18,950 sq mi (49,100 km )
- Average
- 1,163 cu ft/s (32.9 m /s)
- Minimum
- 0.3 cu ft/s (0.0085 m /s)
- Maximum
- 158,000 cu ft/s (4,500 m /s)
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- river
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Oklahoma
- Image
- Cimarron river near forgan ok.jpg
- Length
- 1123
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- mouth of the watercourse
- Arkansas River
- Commons category
- Cimarron River
- watershed area
- 18950
- discharge
- 1147
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Encyclopedic overview
The Cimarron River (highlighted in red) flows through four states in the American West. The Cimarron River (/ˈsɪmərɒn, -roʊn/ SIM-ə-ro(h)n; Iowa-Oto: Ñíxgu or Ñíhgu, meaning "Salt River"; Cheyenne: Hotóao'hé'e) extends 698 miles (1,123 km) across New Mexico, Oklahoma, Colorado, and Kansas. The headwaters flow from Johnson Mesa west of Folsom in northeastern New Mexico. Much of the river's length lies in Oklahoma, where it either borders or passes through 11 counties. No major cities are along its route. The river enters the Oklahoma Panhandle near Kenton, Oklahoma, crosses the corner of southeastern Colorado into Kansas, re-enters the Oklahoma Panhandle, re-enters Kansas, and finally returns to Oklahoma, where it joins the Arkansas River at Keystone Reservoir west of Tulsa, Oklahoma, its only impoundment. The Cimarron drains a basin that encompasses about 18,927 square miles (49,020 km).
Names and etymology
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Cimarron River” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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