Dooling 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
Osage County of central
Missouri.
It is a
tributary of the
Missouri River.
The stream
headwaters are at at an elevation of about and it flows north and northeast passing west and north of
Chamois
The chamois (''Rupicapra rupicapra'') or Alpine chamois is a species of goat-antelope native to mountains in Europe, from west to east, including the Alps, the Dinarides, the Tatra and the Carpathian Mountains, the Balkan Mountains, the Ril ...
before reaching its
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 Missouri at at an elevation of .
[
Variant names were "Doolings Creek" and "Doolins Creek".][ The creek derives its name from the local Doolin family.]
See also
* List of rivers of Missouri
References
Rivers of Osage County, Missouri
Rivers of Missouri
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