Definition of South Platte

1. Noun. A tributary of the Platte River.

Exact synonyms: South Platte River
Group relationships: Centennial State, Co, Colorado, Cornhusker State, Ne, Nebraska
Generic synonyms: River

Lexicographical Neighbors of South Platte

South Island
South Islander
South Kalimantan
South Korea
South Korean
South Korean monetary unit
South Korean won
South Koreans
South Levantine Arabic
South Manchuria
South Ndebele
South Ossetia
South Ossetian Autonomous Oblast
South Pacific
South Park
South Platte (current term)
South Platte River
South Pole
South Sami
South Sandwiches
South Sea
South Sea Islands
South Shetland Islands
South Shields
South Slavic
South Sudan
South Sudanese
South Sulawesi
South Sumatra
South Tarawa

Literary usage of South Platte

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Annual Report of the United States Geological and Geographical Survey of the by Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories (U.S.), United States General Land Office, United States Dept. of the Interior (1877)
"The source of the Middle or Main Fork of the South Platte River has its ... From this point the main stream bears hereafter the name of South Platte River. ..."

2. My Sixty Years on the Plains, Trapping, Trading, and Indian Fighting by William Thomas Hamilton (1905)
"CHAPTER III Sioux Village on the South Platte. A Pawnee Horse Raid. ... IT was the intention of Williams to strike for *• the South Platte River, ..."

3. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"The North Platte is formed by the union of several streams in the North Park, Colorado, and the South Platte takes its rise in the South Park. ..."

4. Appletons' Annual Cyclopædia and Register of Important Events of the Year (1874)
"... following during the ensuing twelve monti;-: Arkansas Valley, 96 miles; Denver 4 Г.;.' Grande, 90; Golden & South Platte, 17; I'cover & South Park, 30; ..."

5. Annual Report of the United States Geological and Geographical Survey of the by Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories (U.S.), United States General Land Office, United States Dept. of the Interior (1874)
"Dr. Peale has allowed me to use the following section made by him near the South Platte: Section of Cretaceous Уо. 1 near the South Platte Hirer. ..."

6. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"The South Platte rises in South Park; the Arkansas ... Of this amount over one-third is in a solid block along the South Platte, at the northeast corner of ..."

7. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"The South Platte rises in South Park; the Arkansas in the mountains west of- ... Of this amount over one-third is in a solid block along the South Platte, ..."

8. The Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review by Isaac Smith Homans, William B. Dana (1861)
"The distance over the former is 182, and over the latter 220, miles from the upper ford of the South Platte. From within 30 miles of that point to within 40 ..."

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