Flatrock Creek (Apple Creek)
Flatrock Creek is a stream in Cape Girardeau County in the U.S. state of Missouri. It is a tributary of Apple Creek. The stream headwaters arise just east of US Route 61 approximately one mile west of Pocahontas at . The stream flows north past Shawneetown and on to its confluence with Apple Creek at .''Oak Ridge, MO,'' 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1948 Flatrock Creek was named for a large rock of the same name which was destroyed by railroad construction. See also *List of rivers of Missouri List of rivers in Missouri (U.S. state). By drainage basin This list is arranged by drainage basin, with respective tributaries indented under each larger stream's name. Mississippi River Arkansas River *Mississippi River **Arkansas River (AR ... References Rivers of Cape Girardeau County, Missouri Rivers of Missouri {{CapeGirardeauCountyMO-geo-stub ...
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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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