Niobrara River

Niobrara River
River, Wyoming and Nebraska, U.S. Flowing east across Wyoming's high plains and Nebraska's sandhills and low plains, it joins the Missouri River at the village of Niobrara, Neb.

, at the South Dakota line. It is 431 mi (694 km) long. The Agate Fossil Beds National Monument is located on the river, north of Scottsbluff, Neb.

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      river rising near Lusk, in Niobrara county, eastern Wyoming, U.S., and flowing east across the High Plains, the northern edge of the Sand Hills, and the eastern plains of Nebraska to join the Missouri River near the village of Niobrara, Neb., at the South Dakota state line. The name is of Omaha and Ponca Indian origin and means “running (or spreading) water.” The Niobrara has a more uniform flow than do most plains streams, owing to steady contributions from groundwater and tributaries in the Sand Hills; in its lower course it is wide and shallow. The river is approximately 430 miles (690 km) long and drains 13,000 square miles (33,700 square km). Box Butte Dam and Reservoir (1946) are on the river near Marsland, Neb.; Agate Fossil Beds National Monument is farther upstream.

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