Watershed Location

Figure1. West Osage River watershed within the Osage River Basin.

Figure 1A. Six subbasins of the West Osage River watershed.

Geology

Unglaciated basin. Geology of the West Osage River watershed.

Three physiographic regions. Location of the West Osage River watershed within the Osage Plains and Springfield Plateau sections of Missouri's Ozark Natural Division.

Hydrology

Figure 2. Average monthly hydrograph, Little Osage River gaging station at Fulton, KS (water years 1950-1990).

Habitat Conditions

Figure 8. Bates County: Miami Drainage Ditch.

Figure 9. Walleye spawning riffles and paddlefish access creel locations on the Marais des Cygnes River.

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