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Blair Creek is a stream in eastern Shannon County in the Ozarks of southern Missouri. [1] It is a tributary of the Current River.

Stream A body of surface water flowing down a channel

A stream is a body of water with surface water flowing within the bed and banks of a channel. The stream encompasses surface and groundwater fluxes that respond to geological, geomorphological, hydrological and biotic controls.

Shannon County, Missouri County in the United States

Shannon County is a county in the southern portion of the U.S. state of Missouri. As of the 2010 census, the population was 8,441. Its county seat is Eminence. The county was officially organized on January 29, 1841, and was named in honor of George F. "Peg-Leg" Shannon, a member of the Lewis and Clark Expedition. It is the second-largest county by area in Missouri.

Ozarks Highland region in central-southern United States

The Ozarks, also called the Ozark Mountains or Ozark Plateau, is a physiographic region in the U.S. states of Missouri, Arkansas, Oklahoma, and extreme southeastern Kansas. The Ozarks cover a significant portion of northern Arkansas and most of the southern half of Missouri, extending from Interstate 40 in Arkansas to the Interstate 70 in central Missouri.

The headwaters are at 37°20′55″N91°13′07″W / 37.34861°N 91.21861°W / 37.34861; -91.21861 and the confluence with the Current is at 37°10′48″N91°12′25″W / 37.18000°N 91.20694°W / 37.18000; -91.20694 Coordinates: 37°10′48″N91°12′25″W / 37.18000°N 91.20694°W / 37.18000; -91.20694 . [1]

Confluence Meeting of two or more bodies of flowing water

In geography, a confluence occurs where two or more flowing bodies of water join together to form a single channel. A confluence can occur in several configurations: at the point where a tributary joins a larger river ; or where two streams meet to become the source of a river of a new name ; or where two separated channels of a river rejoin at the downstream end.

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Blair Creek has the name of the local Blair family. [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Blair Creek
  2. ↑ "Shannon County Place Names, 1928–1945". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved December 25, 2016.
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