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Saline Creek (other)
Saline Creek may refer to: *Saline Creek (Cedar Creek), a stream in Missouri *Saline Creek (Mississippi River) Saline Creek is a creek that rises in western Ste. Genevieve County and flows east briefly passing through a portion of northern Perry County before emptying into an offshoot of the Mississippi River north of St. Mary across from Kaskaskia Is ..., a stream in Missouri * Saline Creek (Osage River), a stream in Missouri {{Geodis ...
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Saline Creek (Cedar Creek)
Saline Creek is a stream in Iron and Washington Counties in the U.S. state of Missouri. it is a tributary of Cedar Creek. Saline Creek most likely was named for mineral lick A mineral lick (also known as a salt lick) is a place where animals can go to lick essential mineral nutrients from a deposit of salts and other minerals. Mineral licks can be naturally occurring or artificial (such as blocks of salt that farm ...s along its course. See also * List of rivers of Missouri References Rivers of Iron County, Missouri Rivers of Washington County, Missouri Rivers of Missouri {{Missouri-river-stub ...
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Saline Creek (Mississippi River)
Saline Creek is a creek that rises in western Ste. Genevieve County and flows east briefly passing through a portion of northern Perry County before emptying into an offshoot of the Mississippi River north of St. Mary across from Kaskaskia Island. Etymology The stream's original name - La Rivière de Saline - is French meaning ''The River of the Saltworks'' and refers to the two natural salt springs found in the area, which also gave name to the nearby creek and its tributaries called ''Saline Creek'' or ''Saline River''. The French colonials knew Saline Creek as ''La Rivière de la Saline'' or ''La Petite Rivière de la Saline''. The Spanish referred to the creek and its tributaries as ''Las Salinas''. Physical geography Saline Creek rises in western Ste. Genevieve County and flows east briefly passing through a portion of northern Perry County before emptying into an offshoot of the Mississippi River across from Kaskaskia Island, just north of St. Mary’s roughly six mi ...
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