Spring Creek is a large
stream in the
U.S. state
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of
Tennessee
Tennessee ( , ), officially the State of Tennessee, is a landlocked state in the Southeastern region of the United States. Tennessee is the 36th-largest by area and the 15th-most populous of the 50 states. It is bordered by Kentucky to ...
. It flows through
Putnam Putnam may refer to:
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* Putnam, Ontario, community in Thames Centre
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* Putnam, Alabama
* Putnam, Connecticut, a New England town
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...
,
Overton and
Jackson
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counties and is a major
tributary
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of the
Roaring River. It is part of the State Scenic River system of Tennessee,
along with the Roaring River and
Blackburn Fork River.
The river can be roughly divided into three sections: a smaller but still big headwaters on the
Highland Rim
The Highland Rim is a geographic term for the area in Tennessee surrounding the Central Basin. Nashville is largely surrounded by higher terrain in all directions.
Geologically, the Central Basin is a dome. The Highland Rim is a cuesta surround ...
, a huge and moderately turbulent lower part and an even more violent whitewater stream as the middle part descends to the level of the
Nashville Basin
The Nashville Basin, also known as the Central Basin, is a term often used to describe the area surrounding Murfreesboro, Tennessee, in which Nashville is located. The Central Basin was caused by an uplifting which produced a dome known as the N ...
. The lower part
dries up due to limestone-dominated
karst topography
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.
References
Rivers of Tennessee
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