Ross Creek (Missouri)
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Ross 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 Benton County in the U.S. state of
Missouri Missouri is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. Ranking List of U.S. states and territories by area, 21st in land area, it is bordered by eight states (tied for the most with Tennessee ...
. It is a tributary to Cole Camp Creek.''Lakeview Heights, MO,'' 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1983 The stream headwaters arise at at an elevation of approximately 980 feet and it flows generally west for about 5.5 miles 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 Cole Camp Creek at at an elevation of 690 feet. The stream
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 Cole Camp Creek is approximately one mile north of the community of Edmonson. Ross Creek has the name of a pioneer settler.


See also

* List of rivers of Missouri


References

Rivers of Benton County, Missouri Rivers of Missouri {{BentonCountyMO-geo-stub