Bijou Creek
Bijou Creek is a 45.5-mile-long (73.2 km)[2] tributary of the South Platte River in Colorado. The creek flows northeast from elevated terrain in southeastern Adams County to a confluence with the South Platte near Fort Morgan. Bijou Creek is subject to flash floods from time to time.[3]
| Bijou Creek[1] | |
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| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | |
| • coordinates | 39°51′25″N 104°07′10″W |
| Mouth | |
• location | Confluence with South Platte |
• coordinates | 40°17′07″N 103°51′40″W |
• elevation | 4,291 ft (1,308 m) |
| Basin size | 1,395 sq mi (3,610 km2) |
| Basin features | |
| Progression | South Platte—Platte— Missouri—Mississippi |
Bijou Creek, originally named Bijeau Creek, was named for Joseph Bijeau, a guide on Stephen Harriman Long's expedition of the Great Plains in 1820.[4][5]
See also
References
- "Bijou Creek". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2011-02-01.
- U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map Archived 2012-04-05 at WebCite, accessed March 25, 2011
- H. F. Matthai (1969). "Floods of June 1965 in South Platte River Basin, Colorado" (pdf). pubs.usgs.gov. USGS. Retrieved May 30, 2018.
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- Noel, Thomas J. (Thomas Jacob) (2001). The Colorado almanac : facts about Colorado. Portland, Or. : Graphic Arts Center Pub. ISBN 978-1-55868-598-7.
- Harder, Kelsie B. (1976). Illustrated dictionary of place names, United States and Canada. New York : Van Nostrand Reinhold Co. ISBN 978-0-442-23069-2.
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