Morgan Creek is a 4.1 miles (6.6 km) stream

Stream

A stream is a body of water with a current, confined within a bed and stream banks. Depending on its locale or certain characteristics, a stream may be referred to as a branch, brook, beck, burn, creek, "crick", gill , kill, lick, rill, river, syke, bayou, rivulet, streamage, wash, run or...

 in Mono

Mono County, California

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 and Inyo

Inyo County, California

-National protected areas:* Death Valley National Park * Inyo National Forest * Manzanar National Historic Site-Major highways:* U.S. Route 6* U.S. Route 395* State Route 127* State Route 136* State Route 168* State Route 178...

 counties of eastern California

California

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, in the western United States

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It flows from the high eastern Sierra Nevada in the Inyo National Forest

Inyo National Forest

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, through Round Valley

Round Valley, California

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, to its confluence with Pine Creek near the Owens River

Owens River

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 northeast of Bishop

Bishop, California

Bishop is a city in Inyo County, California, United States. Though Bishop is the only city and the largest populated place in Inyo County, the county seat is Independence. Bishop is located near the northern end of the Owens Valley, at an elevation of 4147 feet . The population was 3,879 at the...

 in the Owens Valley

Owens Valley

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Course

Morgan Creek flows from Sierra Crest

Sierra Crest

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 headwaters, through Upper Morgan Lake and Lower Morgan Lake, with a right tributary draining Bear Creek Spire through Spire Lake and Split Lake

Split Lake

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. A left tributary is from the Mount Morgan

Mount Morgan (Mono County, California)

Mount Morgan is a mountain in the Sherwin Range of the Sierra Nevada. It lies in Mono County, California, between McGee Canyon and Hilton Lakes. It is not to be confused with the Mount Morgan that lies southwest of Little Lakes Valley, only to the south southwest. The mountain is in the John Muir...

 cirque

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, the Finch Lake cirque, and two other cirques on the south.

The Morgan Creek mouth is the confluence with Pine Creek, northeast of the Pine Creek—Rock Creek

Rock Creek (Owens River)

Rock Creek is a stream that flows from the high Eastern Sierra Nevada to the Owens River in Mono County of eastern California. The upper watershed is in the John Muir Wilderness of the Sierra and Inyo National Forests.-Course:...

and Rock Creek—Owens River confluences.