The Chikaskia River (usually pronounced chi-KAS-kee-uh but often pronounced chi-KAS-kee in southern Kansas) is a [U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map , accessed May 31, 2011] tributary of the Salt Fork of the Arkansas River in southern Kansas and northern Oklahoma in the United States.[ Columbia Gazetteer of North America entry ] Via the Salt Fork and Arkansas River rivers, it is part of the drainage basin of the Mississippi River.
Course
The Chikaskia River begins as an intermittent stream in southwestern Pratt County, Kansas and initially flows eastwardly into Kingman County, where it turns southeastward for the remainder of its course through Harper and Sumner counties in Kansas and Grant and Kay counties in Oklahoma. In Kay County the river flows past the town of Blackwell and flows into the Salt Fork southeast of Tonkawa.
[DeLorme (2003). Kansas Atlas & Gazetteer. Yarmouth, Maine: DeLorme. .][DeLorme (2003). Oklahoma Atlas & Gazetteer. Yarmouth, Maine: DeLorme. .]
Variant names
The United States Board on Geographic Names settled on "Chikaskia River" as the river's official name and spelling in 1897. According to the Geographic Names Information System, the river has also been known as "Chicaskia River", "Sha wa cas kah River", and "Sha-wa-cas-kah River."
Fishing
The Chikaskia River and the Salt Fork are known for their large catfish.
See also
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List of Kansas rivers
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List of Oklahoma rivers
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USS Chikaskia (AO-54) is named after the river
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