White Oak Creek is a
[U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data]
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accessed June 3, 2011 tributary of the
Sulphur River
The Sulphur River is a river in northeast Texas and southwest Arkansas in the United States.
Geography
The Sulphur River begins at the confluence of its north and south forks forming (following earlier meanders) the northern and southern bounda ...
in
Texas
Texas (, ; Spanish language, Spanish: ''Texas'', ''Tejas'') is a state in the South Central United States, South Central region of the United States. At 268,596 square miles (695,662 km2), and with more than 29.1 million residents in 2 ...
. Via the Sulphur River, the creek is part of the
Red River watershed, flowing to the
Mississippi River
The Mississippi River is the second-longest river and chief river of the second-largest drainage system in North America, second only to the Hudson Bay drainage system. From its traditional source of Lake Itasca in northern Minnesota, it f ...
and ultimately the
Gulf of Mexico
The Gulf of Mexico ( es, Golfo de México) is an oceanic basin, ocean basin and a marginal sea of the Atlantic Ocean, largely surrounded by the North American continent. It is bounded on the northeast, north and northwest by the Gulf Coast of ...
.
See also
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List of rivers of Texas
The list of rivers of Texas is a list of all named waterways, including rivers and streams that partially pass through or are entirely located within the U.S. state of Texas. Across the state, there are 3,700 named streams and 15 major rivers acc ...
References
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*USGS Hydrologic Unit Map - State of Texas (1974)
Rivers of Texas
Tributaries of the Red River of the South
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