Saguache Creek
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Saguache Creek is a stream
in Saguache County, Colorado
. The creek flows 88.5 miles (142.4 km) from the confluence
of its North and Middle forks before joining San Luis Creek
. Saguache Creek is in the San Luis Closed Basin, the largest endorheic basin in Colorado.
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 Saguache County, Colorado
Saguache County, Colorado
Saguache County is the seventh most extensive of the 64 counties of the state of Colorado of the United States. The county name comes from a Ute language word meaning “blue earth” or “water at blue earth”. The county population was 5,917 at U.S. Census 2000...
. The creek flows 88.5 miles (142.4 km) from the confluence
Confluence
Confluence, in geography, describes the meeting of two or more bodies of water.Confluence may also refer to:* Confluence , a property of term rewriting systems...
of its North and Middle forks before joining San Luis Creek
San Luis Creek (Colorado)
San Luis Creek is a stream that flows from a source near Poncha Pass in Saguache County, Colorado to San Luis Lake adjacent to Great Sand Dunes National Park. San Luis Lake is the sink of the San Luis Closed Basin, the largest endorheic basin in Colorado....
. Saguache Creek is in the San Luis Closed Basin, the largest endorheic basin in Colorado.