Horse Creek (Colorado)
Appearance
Horse Creek[1] | |
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Physical characteristics | |
Source | |
• coordinates | 38°59′32″N 104°18′59″W / 38.99222°N 104.31639°W |
Mouth | |
• location | Confluence with Arkansas |
• coordinates | 38°04′22″N 103°19′35″W / 38.07278°N 103.32639°W |
• elevation | 3,944 ft (1,202 m) |
Basin size | 1,421 sq mi (3,680 km2) |
Basin features | |
Progression | Arkansas—Mississippi |
Horse Creek is a 129-mile-long (208 km)[2] tributary of the Arkansas River that flows from a source south of Calhan in the Holcolm Hills of El Paso County, Colorado. It flows east and south to a confluence with the Arkansas in Bent County west of Las Animas
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Horse Creek". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2011-02-03.
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map Archived 2012-03-29 at the Wayback Machine, accessed March 31, 2011