Goose Creek (Big Creek)
Goose Creek is a stream in northern Wayne and southern Iron counties in the U.S. state of Missouri. It is a tributary of Big Creek Big Creek may refer to: In Australia * Big Creek, Tasmania, a tributary of the Inglis River in Tasmania, Australia In Belize * Big Creek, Belize, a sea port in Belize In Canada * Big Creek (British Columbia), a tributary of the Chilcotin River * .... The stream headwaters arise in Wayne County on the southwest flank of Des Arc Mountain at an elevation of (at ). The stream flows southwest then northwest passing through the Chain of Lakes and into Iron County. The stream flows through Des Arc, Missouri, Des Arc paralleling Missouri Route 49 and enters Big Creek just northeast of the town (at ) at an elevation of . Goose Creek most likely was so named on account of wild geese in the area. 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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