North Dry Sac River 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 northern Greene and southern

Polk DNA polymerase kappa is a DNA polymerase that in humans is encoded by the ''POLK'' gene. It is involved in translesion synthesis DNA repair is a collection of processes by which a cell (biology), cell identifies and corrects damage to the ...

counties in the

Ozarks The Ozarks, also known as the Ozark Mountains, Ozark Highlands or Ozark Plateau, is a physiographic region in the U.S. states of Missouri, Arkansas, and Oklahoma, as well as a small area in the southeastern corner of Kansas. The Ozarks cover ...

of southwest

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. The stream

headwaters The headwater of a river or stream is the geographical point of its beginning, specifically where surface runoff water begins to accumulate into a flowing channel of water. A river or stream into which one or many tributary rivers or streams flo ...

arise in northern Greene County southwest of Fair Grove and north of Hickory Barren at and the stream flows northwest passing under routes H and CC and

Missouri Route 13 Route 13 is a highway in Missouri which runs almost the entire north–south length of the state. Its northern terminus is at U.S. Route 69 (Missouri), U.S. Route 69/U.S. Route 136 (Missouri), 136 in Bethany, Missouri, Bethany. Its south ...

to its

confluence In geography, a confluence (also ''conflux'') occurs where two or more watercourses join to form a single channel (geography), channel. A confluence can occur in several configurations: at the point where a tributary joins a larger river (main ...

with the

Little Sac River The Little Sac River is a stream in Greene, Polk and Dade counties the Ozarks of southwest Missouri, United States. The stream source coordinates are: and the confluence coordinates are: . The Little Sac headwaters start with an intermittent ...

southwest of

Brighton Brighton ( ) is a seaside resort in the city status in the United Kingdom, city of Brighton and Hove, East Sussex, England, south of London. Archaeological evidence of settlement in the area dates back to the Bronze Age Britain, Bronze Age, R ...

at . North Dry Sac River, a tributary of the Little Sac River, was named for its tendency to run dry.

References

Rivers of Greene County, Missouri Rivers of Polk County, Missouri Rivers of Missouri {{PolkCountyMO-river-stub

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