Peter 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
Bates County in the
U.S. state of
Missouri.
It is a
tributary of the
South Grand River.
[''Dayton, Missouri,'' 7.5 Minute Topgoraphic Quadrangle, USGS, 1961]
The stream
headwaters arise northwest of
Ballard and the stream flows northeast passing east of Aaron to 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 a meander of the old South Grand channel at the northern boundary of Bates County.
[
The headwaters are at and the confluence is at .][
Peter Creek bears the name of Peter Ewing, a pioneer citizen.]
See also
* List of rivers of Missouri
References
Rivers of Bates County, Missouri
Rivers of Missouri
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