Clear Creek (Hocking River)

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Clear Creek
The Clear Creek in Clear Creek Metro Park

The Clear Creek in Clear Creek Metro Park

Data
Water code US :  1065961
location southeast ohio (USA)
River system Mississippi River
Drain over Hocking River  → Ohio River  → Mississippi River  → Gulf of Mexico
origin about 2 miles east of Royalton in Fairfield County, OH
39 ° 43 ′ 40 "  N , 82 ° 44 ′ 27"  W
Source height 333  m
muzzle Hocking River near Rockbridge in Hocking County, OH Coordinates: 39 ° 35 ′ 49 ″  N , 82 ° 32 ′ 46 ″  W 39 ° 35 ′ 49 ″  N , 82 ° 32 ′ 46 ″  W
Mouth height 230  m
Height difference 103 m
Bottom slope 2.6 ‰
length 40 km
Catchment area 231 km²
Flowing lakes Lake Ramona

The Clear Creek ( English for "Klarer Bach") is a 40 km long left tributary of the Hocking River in the southeastern US state of Ohio .

The outflow is via the Hocking River, Ohio River and Mississippi River into the Gulf of Mexico . Clear Creek is part of the Mississippi river system and drains an area of ​​231 km². The river rises 2 km east of the town of Royalton in western Fairfield County , then flows in a south-westerly direction into Hocking County and passes the Clear Creek Metro Park , before flowing into the Hocking River at Rockbridge. The Clear Creek Metro Park is the largest of 14 natural parks in Ohio and stretches from northern Hocking County to southern Fairfield County for a total of 19.1 km², in which more than 800 different plants and 150 species of birds have been counted. Typical for the valley of the Clear Creek are sandstone cliffs, rock formations, and mixed forests of oak, hickory , hemlock and rhododendron bushes .

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Google Earth altitude for GNIS coordinates, accessed on July 25, 2010.
  2. ^ A b c Clear Creek in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey
  3. ^ Clear Creek Metro Park , accessed July 25, 2010