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Horse Creek (Colorado)

Coordinates: 38°04′22″N 103°19′35″W / 38.07278°N 103.32639°W / 38.07278; -103.32639
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Horse Creek[1]
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • coordinates38°59′32″N 104°18′59″W / 38.99222°N 104.31639°W / 38.99222; -104.31639
Mouth 
 • location
Confluence with Arkansas
 • coordinates
38°04′22″N 103°19′35″W / 38.07278°N 103.32639°W / 38.07278; -103.32639
 • elevation
3,944 ft (1,202 m)
Basin size1,421 sq mi (3,680 km2)
Basin features
ProgressionArkansasMississippi

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

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References

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  1. ^ "Horse Creek". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2011-02-03.
  2. ^ 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