page_title: Big Blue River (Kansas)
hierarchical_section_title: Big Blue River (Kansas)
caption_attribution_description: Map of the Kansas River watershed.
context_page_description: The Big Blue River is the biggest tributary of the Kansas River. The river is about 359 miles long. It goes from central Nebraska into Kansas, until its confluence with the Kansas River at Manhattan.
  Its name was given from the Kansa tribe of Native Americans. They lived at its mouth from 1780 to 1830. They called it the Great Blue Earth River.
context_section_description: The Big Blue River is the biggest tributary of the Kansas River. The river is about 359 miles (578 km) long. It goes from central Nebraska into Kansas, until its confluence with the Kansas River at Manhattan.
  Its name was given from the Kansa tribe of Native Americans. They lived at its mouth from 1780 to 1830. They called it the Great Blue Earth River.
caption: Map of the Kansas River drainage basin showing the Big Blue and Little Blue rivers
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