Saline
the name of several rivers in the United States. (1) A river in Arkansas, whose source is made up of several tributaries near the N. border of Saline co. Its course is S. E. and S. It crosses Grant Dorsey, and Bradley counties, and flows into the Ouachita river in Bradley co., on its E. limit; length about 200 miles. (2) A river in the S. part of Illinois which flows S. E. between Gallatin and Hardin counties, into the Ohio river, 9 miles S. of Shawneetown.
Including its S. fork, it is 100 miles long. (3) river in Kansas, rising in the W. part of the State, and flowing with an E. course through the counties of Trego, Ellis, Russell, and Lincoln. In Saline co. it flows into the Smoky Hill river 7 miles to the E. of Salina; length, nearly 200 miles.