Clear Creek (Sac River)
Clear Creek is a stream in Greene County, Missouri, Greene County, Missouri, United States. It is a tributary of the Sac River. The headwaters arise along the railroad line near the community of Elwood, Missouri, Elwood southwest of the Springfield, Missouri, Springfield airport at . The stream flows to the northwest passing under U.S. Route 160 between Willard, Missouri, Willard and Ash Grove, Missouri, Ash Grove. South of the community of Phenix, Missouri, Phenix the stream gains the flow of the south flowing Sugar Creek and turns west-northwest to its confluence with the Sac near the Greene - Dade County, Missouri, Dade county line at . Clear Creek was named for the clear water which characterizes this stream. See also *List of rivers of Missouri References

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Stream
A stream is a continuous body of water, body of surface water Current (stream), flowing within the stream bed, bed and bank (geography), banks of a channel (geography), channel. Depending on its location or certain characteristics, a stream may be referred to by a variety of local or regional names. Long large streams are usually called rivers, while smaller, less voluminous and more intermittent river, intermittent streams are known as streamlets, brooks or creeks. The flow of a stream is controlled by three inputs – surface runoff (from precipitation or meltwater), daylighting (streams), daylighted subterranean river, subterranean water, and surfaced groundwater (Spring (hydrology), spring water). The surface and subterranean water are highly variable between periods of rainfall. Groundwater, on the other hand, has a relatively constant input and is controlled more by long-term patterns of precipitation. The stream encompasses surface, subsurface and groundwater fluxes th ...
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