Salt Creek (Little Wabash River tributary)
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Salt Creek | |
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Origin | Confluence of First Salt Creek and Second Salt Creek north of Teutopolis, Illinois Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
Mouth | Confluence with the Little Wabash River, Effingham County, Illinois Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
Progression | SaltCreek → Little Wabash → Wabash → Ohio → Mississippi → Gulf of Mexico |
Length | 18.5 mi (29.8 km) |
Mouth elevation | 466 ft (142 m) |
GNIS ID | 417895 |
Salt Creek is a tributary of the Little Wabash River, which it joins near Edgewood, Illinois, near the boundary between Effingham and Clay counties.[1] There are at least two other "Salt Creeks" in Illinois: Salt Creek (Des Plaines River tributary) and Salt Creek (Sangamon River tributary).
Salt Creek is about 18.5 miles (29.8 km) in length.[2]
Cities, towns and counties
Salt Creek drains the following cities, towns and villages:
Salt Creek drains parts of the following Illinois counties:
See also
References
- ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Salt Creek
- ↑ U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map, accessed May 19, 2011