Importance of International Law in Contemporary International Relations

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Jump to: navigation, search
This article is about the river in the southwestern United States. For other uses, see Canadian River (disambiguation).
Coordinates: 35°27′12″N 95°01′58″W
Canadian |
River |
Canadian River south of Logan, New Mexico. |
Country |  United States |
States | Oklahoma, Colorado, New Mexico, Texas |
|
|
Source | Rocky Mountains |
 - location | Las Animas County, Colorado |
 - elevation | 2,900 m (9,514 ft) |
 - coordinates | 37°01′11″N 105°04′33″W |
Mouth | Arkansas River |
 - location | Haskell County, Oklahoma |
 - elevation | 142 m (466 ft) |
 - coordinates | 35°27′12″N 95°01′58″W |
|
Length | 906 mi (1,458 km) |
Basin | 47,576 sq mi (123,221 km2) |
Discharge | for Whitefield, Oklahoma |
 - average | 6,434 cu ft/s (182 m3/s) |
 - max | 281,000 cu ft/s (7,957 m3/s) |
 - min | 357 cu ft/s (10 m3/s) |
|
Canadian River Watershed |
Website: Handbook of Texas: Canadian River |
|
The Canadian River (Pawnee: Kícpahat [1]) is the longest tributary of the Arkansas River. It is about 906 miles (1,458 km) long, starting in Colorado and traveling through New Mexico, the Texas Panhandle, and most of Oklahoma.
The Canadian is sometimes referred to as the South Canadian River to differentiate it from the North Canadian River that flows into it.
Contents   * 1 Etymology   * 2 History   * 3 Course   * 4 Images   * 5 See also   * 6 References   * 7 External links |
Etymology
It is unclear why the river is called the Canadian. On John C. Fremont's route map of 1845 the river's name is listed as "Goo-al-pah or Canadian River" from the Comanche and Kiowa name for the river.
The name may have been given to the river by early French hunters and traders, especially the Mallet brothers, who came from Canada. The upper part was called Rio Colorado by the Spanish. Some researchers think early explorers believed the river flowed into Canada. It does flow northeast...