White Breast Creek | |
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Location | |
Country | US |
State | Iowa |
District | Marion County, Iowa, Clarke County, Iowa, Lucas County, Iowa, Warren County, Iowa |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | |
• coordinates | 41°01′45″N 93°53′33″W / 41.02917°N 93.89250°W |
Mouth | Des Moines River |
• coordinates | 41°23′43″N 93°02′19″W / 41.39528°N 93.03861°W |
• elevation | 742 ft (226 m) |
Discharge | |
• location | Dallas, Iowa |
• average | 243 cu/ft. per sec.[1] |
White Breast Creek is an important tributary of the Des Moines River in Iowa. It flows 91.3 miles (146.9 km)[3] from southwest to northeast, rising in Ward Township in Union County, west of Osceola, and flowing in an easterly then a northeasterly direction, to its mouth with the Des Moines River at Lake Red Rock.