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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.
State Excellent examples of collapse features formed by groundwater geological processes. Monument Rocks: 1968: Gove: Private Pinnacles, small buttes, and spires of Niobrara formation chalk. Rock City: 1976
Tuttle Creek Lake is a reservoir on the Big Blue River 5 miles (8 km) north of Manhattan, in the Flint Hills region of northeast Kansas.It was built and is operated by the Army Corps of Engineers for the primary purpose of flood control.
Wilson Lake is a reservoir in the U.S. state of Kansas, on the border of Russell County and Lincoln County. [5] Built and managed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for flood control, it is also used for wildlife management and recreation. Several parks are located along its shoreline, including Wilson State Park. [6]
The following are approximate tallies of current listings by county. These counts are based on entries in the National Register Information Database as of April 24, 2008 [2] and new weekly listings posted since then on the National Register of Historic Places website since that time. [3]
The Kansas Turnpike (Interstate 35) runs northeast-southwest across the northern end of the lake and then parallel to its northwestern shore. U.S. Route 77 runs north-south west of the reservoir, and U.S. Route 54 runs east-west 1.5 miles (2.4 km) south of the reservoir. Kansas Highway 177 runs north-south across the lake's eastern arms. [6]
Lake Shawnee is a man-made lake in Shawnee County in the U.S. state of Kansas, [1] located on the southeastern side of Topeka.The lake started construction in 1935, and finished on September 3, 1939, and was a part of a Works Progress Administration project. [2]
Spring River, Kansas. Nearly 75 mi (121 km) of the state's northeastern boundary is defined by the Missouri River.The Kansas River (locally known as the Kaw), formed by the junction of the Smoky Hill and Republican rivers at appropriately-named Junction City, joins the Missouri River at Kansas City, after a course of 170 mi (270 km) across the northeastern part of the state.