The Bourbeuse River (French for 'muddy') is a river located in east-central

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, in the

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region, and is one of two major tributaries of the

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, the other being the Big River. The Bourbeuse flows to the northeast from its source () near the locale of

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just northeast of Rolla in Phelps County, through Maries, Gasconade,

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, and

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counties, where it discharges into the Meramec River near

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(). The elevation of the river at its source is approximately ''Dillon, Missouri,'' 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1963 (1977 rev.) above sea level and at its mouth about . The total length of the river is ,U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data
The National Map
, accessed May 13, 2011 while the airline distance between source and mouth is . The watershed area is . Tributaries of the Bourbeuse River include Boone Creek,

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, Dry Fork,

Little Bourbeuse River The Little Bourbeuse River is a stream in Crawford, Gasconade and Franklin counties in the Ozarks of Missouri. It is a tributary of the Bourbeuse River. The stream headwaters arise in Crawford County just south of the community of Leasburg at ...

, Red Oak Creek,

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and Voss Creek. The

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stream gauge in

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, near the mouth of the river, measures an average flow of per second.USGS Waterdata
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Bourbeus River canoeing informationBourbeus River flood stage information
{{authority control Rivers of Missouri Tributaries of the Meramec River Rivers of Phelps County, Missouri Rivers of Maries County, Missouri Rivers of Gasconade County, Missouri Rivers of Crawford County, Missouri Rivers of Franklin County, Missouri

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