Driftwood River
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The Driftwood River is a 15.5-mile-long (24.9 km) [1] tributary of the East Fork of the White River in central Indiana in the United States . [2] [3] Via the White, Wabash and Ohio rivers, it is part of the watershed of the Mississippi River . It is a short river, formed by the confluence of two longer streams a short distance upstream of its mouth.
Course
The Driftwood River is formed in southeastern Johnson County , 1 mile (1.6 km) west of Edinburgh , by the confluence of Sugar Creek and the Big Blue River . It flows generally southwardly through northwestern Bartholomew County to Columbus , where it joins the Flatrock River to form the East Fork of the White River. [3]
Near Edinburgh, IN , Driftwood River has a mean annual discharge of 1,210 cubic feet per second. [4]
See also
References
- ↑ U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map Archived 2012-03-29 at the Wayback Machine , accessed May 19, 2011
- ↑ Simons, Richard S. (1985). The Rivers of Indiana. Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press. ISBN 0-253-17476-7
- 1 2 DeLorme (1998). Indiana Atlas & Gazetteer . Yarmouth, Maine: DeLorme. ISBN 0-89933-211-0
- ↑ "USGS Current Conditions for USGS 03363000 DRIFTWOOD RIVER NEAR EDINBURGH, IN" .
39°12′22″N 85°56′01″W / 39.20616°N 85.93360°W / 39.20616; -85.93360
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