Class I Republican River, NE

The Republican River begins at Haigler in extreme southwestern Nebraska where the North Fork Republican and the Arikaree rivers from Colorado converge. It is also fed by another Colorado river, the South Fork Republican, converging near Benkelman. From Benkelman, the Republican flows more than 200 miles east to near Superior, before entering Kansas, and eventually flowing into Milford Lake northwest of Junction City, Kansas.