South Arkansas River

River

South Arkansas River[1]

The confluence of the South Arkansas River (bottom) with the Arkansas River.

Physical characteristics
Source|
• coordinates| 38°29′53″N 106°19′53″W﻿ / ﻿38.49806°N 106.33139°W﻿ / 38.49806; -106.33139
Mouth|

• location

| Confluence with Arkansas

• coordinates

| 38°31′16″N 105°58′40″W﻿ / ﻿38.52111°N 105.97778°W﻿ / 38.52111; -105.97778

• elevation

| 7,001 ft (2,134 m)
Basin features
Progression| Arkansas—Mississippi

South Arkansas River is a 24.5-mile-long (39.4 km)[2] tributary of the Arkansas River that flows from a source near Monarch Pass in the Sawatch Range of southern Colorado. It joins the Arkansas just south of Salida, Colorado.

## See also

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* List of rivers of Colorado

## References

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1. ^ "South Arkansas River". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2011-01-30.
2. ^ U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map, accessed March 31, 2011

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