Big Rock Creek is a
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 ...
in
Harrison and
Worth counties in the
U.S. state of
Missouri.
It is a tributary of the East Fork of the
Grand River.
The stream headwaters arise in western Harrison County at
[ at an elevation of approximately 1160 feet. The source area lies just east of Missouri Route 46 and the stream flows southwest into southeastern Worth County passing southeast of the community of Allendale.][''Hatfield, Mo'' and ''Washington Center, MO,'' 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangles, USGS, 1981 and 1984] The confluence
In geography, a confluence (also: ''conflux'') occurs where two or more flowing bodies of water join to form a single channel. A confluence can occur in several configurations: at the point where a tributary joins a larger river (main stem); o ...
with the East Fork is one mile north of Denver[ at at an elevation of 896 feet.][
Big Rock Creek was so named on account of the rocky character of its watercourse.]
See also
* List of rivers of Missouri
References
Rivers of Harrison County, Missouri
Rivers of Worth County, Missouri
Rivers of Missouri
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