Big 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 strea ...

in Shannon and

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counties in the

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of southern

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. It is a tributary of the Current River. The stream

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are in Texas County at and the

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with the current is in the northwest corner of Shannon County at . Cedargrove lies just north of the confluence.

Razor Hollow Razor Hollow is a valley in northwest Shannon County in the U.S. state of Missouri. The intermittent stream in the hollow flows northeast and enters the Current River about two miles southeast of Cedargrove and the confluence In geography, ...

flows parallel to the lower reaches of Big Creek and enters the Current about two miles southeast of Big Creek's confluence. Big Creek was so named on account of its size.

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Rivers of Shannon County, Missouri Rivers of Texas County, Missouri Rivers of Missouri Tributaries of the Current River (Ozarks) {{TexasCountyMO-river-stub

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