Sycamore 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

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. It is a tributary of the Marais des Cygnes River. The stream headwaters arise at and the stream flows south-southwest until it reaches the floodplain of the Marais des Cygnes at which point it turns to the southeast for about 1.5 kilometers prior 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 ...

at .''Rich Hill, Missouri,'' 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1991''Pleasant Gap, Missouri,'' 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1961 (1979 ed) The source area for the stream is at an elevation of about 875 feet and the confluence is at 738 feet. The stream crosses under Missouri routes B and N prior to entering the floodplain. Rich Hill lies five miles to the west on Route B. Mission Branch joins the stream within the floodplain of the Marais des Cygnes River. Sycamore Branch was named for the sycamore trees lining its banks.

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Rivers of Bates County, Missouri Rivers of Missouri {{BatesCountyMO-geo-stub

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