Stewart 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 stream ...
in the northwestern
Douglas
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People
* Douglas (given name)
* Douglas (surname)
Animals
*Douglas (parrot), macaw that starred as the parrot ''Rosalinda'' in Pippi Longstocking
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and northeastern
Christian
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counties of southern
Missouri.
The
headwaters are north of
Dogwood. The stream flows southwest crossing
Missouri Route Z and enters Christian County west of Dogwood turning west and flowing past the community of
Abadyl northeast of
Bruner. The stream turns northwest paralleling Stewart Creek Road toward its
confluence
In geography, a confluence (also: ''conflux'') occurs where two or more flowing bodies of water join to form a single channel. A confluence can occur in several configurations: at the point where a tributary joins a larger river (main stem); o ...
with
Finley Creek.
Stewart Creek was named after the local Stewart family.
See also
*
List of rivers of Missouri
References
Rivers of Christian County, Missouri
Rivers of Douglas County, Missouri
Rivers of Missouri
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