Big_Blue_River_(Missouri)
Blue River (Missouri River tributary)
Stream in Kansas and Missouri, USA
The Blue River (also known as the Big Blue River) is a 39.8-mile-long (64.1 km)[3] stream that flows through Johnson County, Kansas, and Jackson County, Missouri, in the Kansas City Metropolitan Area. The river rises in Johnson County, Kansas at the confluence of Coffee Creek and Wolf Creek near the border of the states of Kansas and Missouri. Crossing the city of Kansas City, Missouri, it empties into the Missouri River near the border between Kansas City and Independence, Missouri.
Its major tributaries are Brush Creek, Tomahawk Creek, and Indian Creek.