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Line Creek (Missouri)
Line Creek is a stream in Platte County in the U.S. state of Missouri. It is a tributary of the Missouri River The Missouri River is a river in the Central United States, Central and Mountain states, Mountain West regions of the United States. The nation's longest, it rises in the eastern Centennial Mountains of the Bitterroot Range of the Rocky Moun .... Line Creek was named for the fact its course flows parallel to the Clay—Platte county line. Course The stream headwaters in the Barry Harbour, Kansas City neighborhood, and flows southward through Kansas City, Northmoor, and Riverside before depositing in the Missouri River. The reservoirs of Lake Waukomis, and Houston Lake both join this stream. Argosy Casino Riverside is situated on the west side of the stream's confluence with the Missouri River. Tributaries There are four named tributaries of Line Creek: East Fork, Old Maids Creek, East Creek, and Jumping Branch References Rivers of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 may be referred to by a variety of local or regional names. Long, large streams are usually called rivers, while smaller, less voluminous and more intermittent river, intermittent streams are known, amongst others, as brook, creek, rivulet, rill, run, tributary, feeder, freshet, narrow river, and streamlet. The flow of a stream is controlled by three inputs – surface runoff (from precipitation or meltwater), daylighting (streams), daylighted subterranean river, subterranean water, and surfaced groundwater (Spring (hydrology), spring water). The surface and subterranean water are highly variable between periods of rainfall. Groundwater, on the other hand, has a relatively constant input and is controlled more by long-term patterns of pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
