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Definition of Niobrara River
1. Noun. A tributary of the Missouri River.
Group relationships: America, The States, U.s., U.s.a., United States, United States Of America, Us, Usa
Generic synonyms: River
Lexicographical Neighbors of Niobrara River
Literary usage of Niobrara River
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American Geologist by Newton Horace Winchell (1888)
"THE Niobrara River, CONSIDERED WITH REFERENCE TO ITS CAPACITY FOR IRRIGATION.
I!Y DR. I,. E. HICKS. . The modern scientist is not a recluse. ..."
2. Annual Report of the United States Geological and Geographical Survey of the by United States General Land Office, United States Dept. of the Interior (1872)
"Sand Hills on the Niobrara River. have some forms which flourish there best, and
would perhaps perish if transported to a richer district. ..."
3. The Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science by Iowa Academy of Science (1906)
"This species occurs abundantly in the Missouri forests, from which it has extended
its lange up the Missouri. Republican. Platte and Niobrara river valleys, ..."
4. The Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science by Iowa Academy of Science (1906)
"This specie? •ccurs abundantly in the Missouri forests, from which it has extended
it« range up the Missouri, Republican. Platte and Niobrara river valleys, ..."
5. Poems and Sketches of Nebraska by Addison Erwin Sheldon (1908)
"POOR'S RANCH-Niobrara River These star-high canyon walls looks grim I own,—till
one gets wonted,— The black pines rockin' on the rim Like Indian ghosts ..."
6. Physical Features and Geologic History of Des Moines Valley by James Henry Lees (1916)
"TODD'S PREG-LACIAL Niobrara River. In his vice-presidential address, "The
Pleistocene History of the Missouri," delivered before Section E of the American ..."
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