Buck Creek (Cuivre River)
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Buck 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 Lincoln County in the
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of
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. It is a tributary of the North Fork of the
Cuivre River The Cuivre River is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed May 13, 2011 river in the east central part of the state of Missouri, north of the Missouri River terminus. A good ...
. The stream
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arise one mile east of the community of
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at at an elevation of approximately 675 feet. The stream flows north and east to its confluence approximately three miles northwest of the community of
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at and an elevation of 509 feet. Buck Creek may be named for the bucks (male deer) observed along its course.


See also

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List of rivers of Missouri List of rivers in Missouri (U.S. state). By drainage basin This list is arranged by drainage basin, with respective tributaries indented under each larger stream's name. Mississippi River Arkansas River *Mississippi River **Arkansas River (AR ...


References

Rivers of Lincoln County, Missouri Rivers of Missouri {{LincolnCountyMO-geo-stub