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The wetland's primary outflow is an outlet canal to Little Cheyenne Creek to the southeast. [11] Little Cheyenne Creek empties into Cow Creek, a tributary of the Arkansas River. [3] [11] Cheyenne Bottoms lies entirely within Barton County. [11] The entire wetland occupies a natural land sink spanning 41,000 acres or 64 square miles (170 km 2). [4]
Twenty-one miles (34 km) of canals have been constructed to create additional marshland. The Refuge has 34 wetlands from 10 to 1,500 acres (6.1 km 2) in size totaling 7,000 acres (28 km 2). [5] The wetlands have high salt levels. Quivira also has about 13,000 acres (53 km 2) of sand dunes covered with prairie grasses.
This list of Ramsar sites in the United States are those wetlands that are considered to be of international importance, protected under the Ramsar Convention treaty. The United States as of 2020, has 41 sites designated as "Wetlands of International Importance" with a surface area of 1,884,551 hectares (7,276.29 sq mi; 18,845.51 km 2).
Retired physician Dan Witt is an opponent of renewable energy assets being installed anywhere near Cheyenne Bottoms, a wetland near Great Bend. ... The company wants to build in a particular area ...
Nearby wetlands in McPherson County once rivaled Cheyenne Bottoms, but most of that area was drained more than a century ago and converted to agricultural land. That makes the remaining wetlands ...
Rush Bottoms Conservation Area: This area is mostly open land and contains a mix of cropland, idle fields, grassland, and some small tracts of forest. This area has approximately 2.5 miles (4.0 km) of Missouri River frontage and 1 fishing pond. 767 acres 310 ha: Holt
Hiking columnist Susan Anderson likes to visit Beanblossom Bottoms Nature Preserve in winter to see things hidden by summer foliage.
This 1,348-acre (5.46 km 2) area includes an ancient oxbow lake (Cooley Lake), which was once the main channel of the Missouri River, and also wetlands, croplands, and a forested bluff. The area also has access to the Missouri River. Facilities/features: Disabled acce : 1,337 acres 541 ha: Clay