Caney Creek is a
stream
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in
Ozark County
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in the
Ozarks
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of south central
Missouri
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.
The stream is a
tributary
A tributary, or an ''affluent'', is a stream or river that flows into a larger stream (''main stem'' or ''"parent"''), river, or a lake. A tributary does not flow directly into a sea or ocean. Tributaries, and the main stem river into which they ...
of
Pine Creek.
The stream
headwaters
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arise on Preston Flat Ridge
[ in the Caney Mountain Conservation Area about six miles north of Gainesville. The stream flows to the southeast passing Caney Mountain, which was named for the creek, and under ]Missouri Route 181
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southwest of Zanoni
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and continues on to the southeast to its confluence
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with Pine Creek southwest of the community of Luna
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* Luna (goddess)
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and one mile northwest of the confluence of Pine Creek with Bryant Creek
Bryant Creek (also known as Bryant River) is a stream in the Ozarks region of Missouri, United States. Bryant Creek has headwaters just west of Lead Hill and southeast Cedar Gap in southwestern Wright County and flows in a southeasterly direct ...
northwest of Tecumseh
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.[''Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer,'' DeLorme, 1998, First edition, p. 63, ]
References
Rivers of Ozark County, Missouri
Rivers of Missouri
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