Big Clear Creek

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Big Clear Creek
Data
Water code US :  1550288
location Greenbrier County , West Virginia , USA
River system Mississippi River
Drain over Meadow River  → Gauley River  → Kanawha River  → Ohio River  → Mississippi River  → Gulf of Mexico
Confluence of North Fork and South Fork at Anjean
38 ° 1 ′ 16 ″  N , 80 ° 37 ′ 51 ″  W
Source height 819  m
muzzle at Rupert in the Meadow River Coordinates: 37 ° 57 ′ 13 ″  N , 80 ° 41 ′ 32 ″  W 37 ° 57 ′ 13 ″  N , 80 ° 41 ′ 32 ″  W
Mouth height 731  m
Height difference 88 m
Bottom slope 3.1 ‰
length 28 km (with North Fork)
Right tributaries Brown Creek

The Big Clear Creek is a (with North Fork) about 28 kilometers long right tributary of the Meadow River in Greenbrier County in the US state of West Virginia . It drains a sparsely populated and heavily forested area in the southeast of the state.

course

The Big Clear Creek is created by the confluence of the roughly equal headwaters North Fork Big Clear Creek and South Fork Big Clear Creek near Anjean . The North Fork rises near Clearco and is approximately 10 miles long. The South Fork is formed by the confluence of the Old Field Branch and Job Knob Branch and is about 15.8 km long with the latter.

The merged river flows the last 12 km in a southwesterly direction and flows into the Meadow River at Rupert , of which it is the largest tributary.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ South Fork Big Clear Creek in the United States Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System
  2. ↑ Big Clear Creek in the United States Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System
  3. ↑ Own measurement on Google Earth