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Clover Creek (Bruneau River tributary)

Coordinates: 42°34′35″N 115°38′07″W / 42.57639°N 115.63528°W / 42.57639; -115.63528
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Clover Creek
Clover Creek (Bruneau River tributary) is located in Idaho
Clover Creek (Bruneau River tributary)
Location of the mouth of Clover Creek in Idaho
Clover Creek (Bruneau River tributary) is located in the United States
Clover Creek (Bruneau River tributary)
Clover Creek (Bruneau River tributary) (the United States)
Location
CountryUnited States
StateIdaho
CountyOwyhee County, Idaho
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • locationOwyhee County, Idaho
 • coordinates42°09′28″N 115°12′43″W / 42.15778°N 115.21194°W / 42.15778; -115.21194[1]
 • elevation5,229 ft (1,594 m)[2]
MouthBruneau River
 • location
Bruneau – Jarbidge Rivers Wilderness, Owyhee County, Idaho
 • coordinates
42°34′35″N 115°38′07″W / 42.57639°N 115.63528°W / 42.57639; -115.63528[1]
 • elevation
3,218 ft (981 m)[1]
Length55 mi (89 km)[3]

Clover Creek (previously East Fork Bruneau River[1]) is a 55-mile (89 km) long[3] tributary of the Bruneau River in the U.S. state of Idaho. Beginning at an elevation of 5,229 feet (1,594 m)[2] in southeastern Owyhee County, it flows generally northwest through East Fork Bruneau Canyon to its mouth in the Bruneau – Jarbidge Rivers Wilderness,[4] at an elevation of 3,218 feet (980.8 m).[1]

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d e "Clover Creek". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. June 21, 1979. Retrieved July 16, 2013.
  2. ^ a b Source elevation derived from Google Earth search using GNIS source coordinates.
  3. ^ a b "National Hydrography Dataset". United States Geological Survey. Retrieved July 16, 2013.
  4. ^ Idaho Road and Recreation Atlas (Map) (2nd ed.). 1:250,000. Benchmark Maps. 2010. pp. 82–83. ISBN 978-0-929591-06-3. OCLC 567571371.