Smoky Hill

noun

1. a river flowing E from E Colorado to the Republican River in central Kansas. 540 miles (870 km) long.

Example Sentences

Just west of camp, the Smoky Hill and Republican rivers joined to form the muddy flow that skirted Funston’s grid of long, rectangular barracks, chow halls, hospitals, parade grounds, quartermaster stations, classrooms, libraries, and company headquarters.

From Slate

Officials say Saline County faces the potential for record flooding along Mulberry Creek near Salina and Smoky Hill River near New Cambria.

From Washington Times

The birds have thrived on a ranch in Scott City and along the Smoky Hill River basin, despite seeing a decline in most of its native habitat.

From Washington Times

It was found in the Smoky Hill Chalk Member of western Kansas in 1991, LiveScience reports, but it was originally identified as a Platecarpus, a genus that could grow to almost 20 feet in length.

From Fox News

From my own pasture, I can look across the terrain for miles and see the bluffs of the Smoky Hill River.

From Washington Times