Duck Creek (Ohio) - Citizendia

The West Fork of Duck Creek at Caldwell

Duck Creek is a tributary of the Ohio River, approximately 30 mi (50 km) long, in southeastern Ohio in the United States. Caldwell is a village located along the West Fork of Duck Creek in Noble County, Ohio, United States. A tributary is a Stream or River which flows into a mainstem (or parent river The Ohio River is the largest Tributary by volume of the Mississippi River. Ohio ( is a Midwestern state of the United States. As part of the Great Lakes region, Ohio has long been a cultural and geographical crossroads The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Via the Ohio River, it is part of the Mississippi River watershed. The Mississippi River is the second longest River in the United States, with a length of from its source in Lake Itasca in Minnesota to A drainage basin is an extent of Land where Water from Rain or Snow melt drains downhill into a body of water such as a River, It drains an area of the Unglaciated Allegheny Plateau, between the watersheds of the Muskingum and Little Muskingum Rivers. The Unglaciated Allegheny Plateau is located in an arc around southeastern Ohio into western Pennsylvania and West Virginia. The Muskingum River is a tributary of the Ohio River, approximately 111 miles (179 km long in southeastern Ohio in the United States. The Little Muskingum River is a tributary of the Ohio River, approximately 65 mi (105 km long in southeast Ohio in the United States.

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Duck Creek is formed in the hill country of northern Washington County at the community of Warner, just west of Lower Salem and approximately 15 mi (24 km) north of Marietta, by the confluence of East Fork Duck Creek and West Fork Duck Creek. Washington County is a County located in the state of Ohio. As of the 2000 census, the population was 63251 Lower Salem is a village in Washington County, Ohio, United States. Marietta is a city in the US state of Ohio and the County seat of Washington County. The East Fork, approximately 20 mi (30 km) long, rises in western Monroe County and flows generally southwardly through eastern Noble and northern Washington Counties. Monroe County is a County located in the state of Ohio. As of the 2000 census, the population is 15180 Noble County is a County located in the state of Ohio. As of the 2000 census, the population is 14058 The West Fork, approximately 30 mi (50 km) long, rises in southeastern Guernsey County and flows generally south-southeastwardly through central Noble and northern Washington Counties, past the towns of Belle Valley, Caldwell, Dexter City and Macksburg; it is the larger of the two headwaters streams. Guernsey County is a County located in the state of Ohio. As of 2000 the population was 40792 Belle Valley is a village in Noble County, Ohio, United States. Caldwell is a village located along the West Fork of Duck Creek in Noble County, Ohio, United States. Dexter City is a village in Noble County, Ohio, United States, along the West Fork of Duck Creek. Macksburg is a village in Washington County, Ohio, United States, along the West Fork of Duck Creek. From Warner, Duck Creek flows generally southwardly in a highly meandering course and joins the Ohio River at Marietta, about 3 mi (5 km) east of its downtown. A meander in general is a bend in a sinuous watercourse also known as an oxbow loop or simply an Oxbow. Marietta is a city in the US state of Ohio and the County seat of Washington County.

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