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Neosho

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Neosho , river, c.460 mi (740 km) long, rising in E central Kansas and flowing southeast into NE Okla. (where it is generally known as the Grand River) then south to join the Arkansas River near Muskogee, Okla. Pensacola Dam (which impounds the huge Lake of the Cherokees) and Fort Gibson dam and reservoir are in NE Oklahoma; there are several flood control units on the river in Kansas.

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Neosho

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Neosho, USA A city in Missouri founded in 1839 with an Osage name meaning ‘Clear and Abundant Water’. There is also a river with this name that flows through Kansas and Oklahoma and another city, Neosha Falls, in Kansas.

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