Cotton 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
Oregon County
Oregon County is a county located in the southern portion of the U.S. state of Missouri. As of the 2020 census, the population was 8,635. Its county seat is Alton. The county was officially organized on February 14, 1845, and was named for ...
in the
Ozarks of southern
Missouri.
It is a tributary of
Frederick Creek.
The stream
headwaters are at and 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 ...
wit Frederick Creek is at .
[
Cotton Creek was so named on account of cotton fields near its course.]
See also
* List of rivers of Missouri
References
Rivers of Oregon County, Missouri
Rivers of Missouri
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