The Bourbeuse River (French for 'muddy') is a river located in east-central

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, in the

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region, and is one of two major tributaries of the

Meramec River The Meramec River (), sometimes spelled Maramec River (the original US mapping spelled it Maramec but later changed it to Meramec), is one of the longest free-flowing waterways in the U.S. state of Missouri, draining Blanc, Caldwell, and Hawk. ...

, the other being the Big River. The Bourbeuse flows to the northeast from its source () near the locale of

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just northeast of Rolla in Phelps County, through Maries, Gasconade, Crawford, and

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counties, where it discharges into the Meramec River near

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(). The elevation of the river at its source is approximately ''Dillon, Missouri,'' 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1963 (1977 rev.) above sea level and at its mouth about . The total length of the river is ,U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data
The National Map
, accessed May 13, 2011 while the airline distance between source and mouth is . The watershed area is . Tributaries of the Bourbeuse River include Boone Creek, Bowen Creek, Brush Creek, Dry Fork, Little Bourbeuse River, Red Oak Creek,

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and Voss Creek. The

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stream gauge in Union, near the mouth of the river, measures an average flow of per second.USGS Waterdata
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Bourbeus River canoeing informationBourbeus River flood stage information
{{authority control Rivers of Missouri Tributaries of the Meramec River Rivers of Phelps County, Missouri Rivers of Maries County, Missouri Rivers of Gasconade County, Missouri Rivers of Crawford County, Missouri Rivers of Franklin County, Missouri

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