White Breast Creek is an important tributary of the Des Moines River

Des Moines River

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 in Iowa

Iowa

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. It flows 91.3 miles (146.9 km) from southwest to northeast, rising in Ward Township in Union County, near Osceola

Osceola, Iowa

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, and flowing in an easterly then a northeasterly direction, to its mouth with the Des Moines River at Lake Red Rock

Lake Red Rock (Des Moines River)

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Tributaries

Its first main tributary is South White Breast Creek, on its left bank

Stream bed

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; this creek has intermittent tributaries named Hoosier Creek and Little Hoosier Creek in Green Bay Township in Clark County

Clarke County, Iowa

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Brush Creek enters as a right bank

Stream bed

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 tributary south of Lucas

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, in the Lucas Unit of the Stephens State Forest Wildlife Management Area, in Jackson Township of Lucas County

Lucas County, Iowa

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. Indian Creek (White Breast Creek) joins in Liberty Township, also on the left bank.

Little White Breast Creek enters from the right bank, also in Liberty Township in Lucas County. This creek rises north and east of Chariton

Chariton, Iowa

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 from Lake Morris and Lake Ellis, two small reservoirs.

The next three left bank tributaries are Barker Creek (White Breast Creek), a short stream confined to Liberty Township in Lucas County; Stoney Creek (White Breast Creek) then Cotton Creek (White Breast Creek) join White Breast Creek near Lacona

Lacona, Iowa

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Wolf Creek (White Breast Creek) and its tributary, Flank Creek (White Breast Creek) enter on the left bank in Dallas Township, a few miles west of Dallas

Melcher-Dallas, Iowa

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. A few miles north of Dallas, the creek has a significant floodplain, regularly subject to inundation.

Hawk Run (White Breast Creek) is the last significant tributary, entering near Lake Red Rock on the left bank.