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Tuttle Creek Dam and Lake Wilson Dam and Lake Birds on one of Quivira National Wildlife Refuge's salt marshes. Lake Inman is the largest natural lake in Kansas. The shorelines of Kansas Lakes are mostly in government ownership and open to the public for hunting, fishing, camping, and hiking. Large areas of public land surround most of the lakes.
Kirwin Reservoir is a reservoir in Phillips County, Kansas, United States. [4] It is located next to the city of Kirwin in northern Kansas. The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation built it and continues to operate it for the purposes of flood control and area irrigation. The Kirwin National Wildlife Refuge lies on its shores. [5]
Continuous Real-Time Water-Quality Monitoring and Regression Analysis to Compute Constituent Concentrations and Loads in the North Fork Ninnescah River Upstream from Cheney Reservoir, South-Central Kansas, 1999-2012 United States Geological Survey
Kansas has the 7th highest agricultural production of any state – much of it irrigated by the Ogallala, which accounts for 75% of the groundwater use in the state.
Webster Reservoir is located in northwestern Kansas on the western edge of the Smoky Hills region of the Great Plains.It is located entirely within Rooks County. [8]The reservoir is impounded at its eastern end by Webster Dam located at (39.4083423, -99.4245476) at an elevation of 1,893 feet (577
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers assists by providing data and information on water regulation for flood control. [6] The Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks and Tourism (KDWP) manages 9,300 acres (38 km 2) of land around the reservoir as the Cedar Bluff Wildlife Area. [12]
The Division of Water Resources within the Kansas Department of Agriculture governs the use and allocation of the state's water resources; regulates the construction of dams, levees and other changes to streams; represents Kansas on its four interstate river compacts; and coordinates the National Flood Insurance Program in Kansas. [2]
The Caney River (Lenape: Kènii Sipu [4]) is a 180-mile-long (290 km) [1] river in southern Kansas and northeastern Oklahoma.The river is a tributary of the Verdigris River, and is usually a flatwater stream.