[PAR] [TLE] Melvern, Kansas [SEP] Melvern is a city in Osage County, Kansas, United States, along the Marais des Cygnes River.  As of the 2010 census, the city population was 385. [PAR] [TLE] Marais des Cygnes River [SEP] The Marais des Cygnes River ( , , or ) is a principal tributary of the Osage River, about 217 mi long, in eastern Kansas and western Missouri in the United States.  Via the Osage and Missouri rivers, it is part of the watershed of the Mississippi River.  The name "Marais des Cygnes" means "Marsh of the Swans" in French (presumably in reference to the trumpeter swan which was historically common in the Midwest.)  The river is notorious for flash flooding.  The river is referenced in the song "The River" by Chely Wright.
[PAR] [TLE] Melvern , Kansas [ SEP ] Melvern is a city in Osage County , Kansas , United States , along the Marais des Cygnes River . As of the 2010 census , the city population was 385 . [PAR] [TLE] Marais des Cygnes River [ SEP ] The Marais des Cygnes River ( , , or ) is a principal tributary of the Osage River , about 217 mi long , in eastern Kansas and western Missouri in the United States . Via the Osage and Missouri rivers , it is part of the watershed of the Mississippi River . The name " Marais des Cygnes " means " Marsh of the Swans " in French ( presumably in reference to the trumpeter swan which was historically common in the Midwest . ) The river is notorious for flash flooding . The river is referenced in the song " The River " by Chely Wright .
Melvern, Kansas is along a river that is notorious for what ?
Melvern , Kansas is along a river that is notorious for what ?
flash flooding
flash flooding