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The Rainwater Basin wetland region is a 4,200 sq mi (11,000 km 2) loess plain located south of the Platte River in south-central Nebraska. [1] It lies principally in Adams, Butler, Clay, Fillmore, Hamilton, Kearney, Phelps, Polk, Saline, Seward, and York counties and extends into adjacent areas of southeastern Hall, northern Franklin, northern Nuckolls, western Saline, northern Thayer and ...
River in Colorado, United States Republican River Fourche des Republiques, Coster Blanches, Ki-ra-ru-tah, Mahohevaohe The Republican River near Riverton, Nebraska Map of the Kansas River drainage basin showing the Republican River Location Country United States States Nebraska, Kansas, Colorado Physical characteristics Source confluence • location Haigler, Nebraska • coordinates 40°01 ...
The "Little" and "Great" "Ne-ma-haw" Rivers are seen at the west-central edge of the map. The Nemaha River basin includes the areas of the U.S. state of Nebraska below the Platte River basin that drain directly into the Missouri River. The major streams of the drainage include Weeping Water Creek, Muddy Creek, Little Nemaha River, and Big ...
Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach, left, and Gov. Laura Kelly signed a joint letter opposing a water transfer in Nebraska they say could lead to invasive species of carp in Kansas waterways.
High water on the Moreau River prompted evacuations on the Cheyenne River Indian Reservation. [69] Pennington County approved a local disaster declaration as a result of a bridge collapse and other damage. [67] In September 2019, "heavy rains dumped more than four times what is normal in parts of Montana, North and South Dakota and Nebraska ...
This is a list of Superfund sites in Nebraska designated under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) environmental law. The CERCLA federal law of 1980 authorized the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to create a list of polluted locations requiring a long-term response to clean up hazardous material contaminations. [1]
Pumpkin Creek is an important source of irrigation water in Banner County, Nebraska. [3] In recent years, drought and agricultural irrigation have severely depleted the water of Pumpkin Creek. [ 3 ] The 450,700-acre Pumpkin Creek watershed receives about 16 inches of precipitation annually.
A two-hour’s drive eastward, Steve Hanson, a fifth-generation Nebraska cattle breeder who also produces corn and other crops, is preparing to seed, having stored winter water to help ensure his ...