Double Branch 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
Bates County in the
U.S. state of
Missouri.
It is a tributary to the
Marais des Cygnes River.
The stream
headwaters arise just north of
Missouri Route 52 about six miles east-southeast of
Butler
A butler is a person who works in a house serving and is a domestic worker in a large household. In great houses, the household is sometimes divided into departments with the butler in charge of the dining room, wine cellar, and pantry. Some a ...
and the stream flows under Route 52 to the south-southwest. The stream joins the Marais des Cygnes River at the ''He Bend'' four miles northeast of
Rich Hill.
[''Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer,'' DeLorme, 1998, First edition, p. 40 ]
The 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 ...
is at .
[
Double Branch was named for the fact its watercourse has two branches.]
See also
* List of rivers of Missouri
References
Rivers of Bates County, Missouri
Rivers of Missouri
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