Whitewater 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 the
U.S. state of
South Dakota
South Dakota (; Sioux language, Sioux: , ) is a U.S. state in the West North Central states, North Central region of the United States. It is also part of the Great Plains. South Dakota is named after the Lakota people, Lakota and Dakota peo ...
.
The name stems from the water's white-gray color, a function of sediment carried by the river from its source near the Badlands.
See also
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List of rivers of South Dakota
References
Rivers of Jackson County, South Dakota
Rivers of Pennington County, South Dakota
Rivers of South Dakota
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