Whitewater Creek (South Dakota)

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Whitewater Creek is a stream in the U.S. state of South Dakota. [1]

The name stems from the water's white-gray color, a function of sediment carried by the river from its source near the Badlands. [2]

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References

  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Whitewater Creek (South Dakota)
  2. Federal Writers' Project (1940). South Dakota place-names, v.3. University of South Dakota. p. 69.

Coordinates: 43°54′20″N101°51′00″W / 43.90556°N 101.85000°W / 43.90556; -101.85000