Little Arkansas River

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The Little Arkansas River near Sedgwick, Kansas
The Little Arkansas River near Sedgwick, Kansas

The Little Arkansas River (pronounced ahr-KAN-zez), is a 90 mi (145 km) long river located in South Central Kansas. It rises in Northern Rice County just north of Lyons, Kansas and flows southeast past Buhler, Kansas and Halstead, Kansas to meet with the Arkansas River in Wichita, Kansas.

The confluence of the Little Arkansas and Arkansas rivers in Wichita, Kansas.
The confluence of the Little Arkansas and Arkansas rivers in Wichita, Kansas.
Blackbear Bosin's The Keeper of the Plains at the confluence of the Arkansas and Little Arkansas Rivers by the Wichita Mid-America All Indian Center
Blackbear Bosin's The Keeper of the Plains at the confluence of the Arkansas and Little Arkansas Rivers by the Wichita Mid-America All Indian Center

The Keeper of the Plains statue by local artist Blackbear Bosin marks the confluence of these two rivers.