Horse Creek (Colorado)

Horse Creek[1]
Basin
Main source 38°59′32″N 104°18′59″W / 38.99222°N 104.31639°W / 38.99222; -104.31639 (Primary source of Horse Creek[1])
River mouth Confluence with Arkansas
3,944 ft (1,202 m)
38°04′22″N 103°19′35″W / 38.07278°N 103.32639°W / 38.07278; -103.32639 (Mouth of Horse Creek)Coordinates: 38°04′22″N 103°19′35″W / 38.07278°N 103.32639°W / 38.07278; -103.32639 (Mouth of Horse Creek)
Progression Arkansas—Mississippi
Basin size 1,421 sq mi (3,680 km2)

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 Otero County west of Las Animas

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Horse Creek". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2011-02-03.
  2. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map, accessed March 31, 2011


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