Salt Creek (Little Wabash River tributary)

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{{Infobox river

| name = Salt Creek

| image =

| image_caption =

| source1_location = Confluence of First Salt Creek and Second Salt Creek north of Teutopolis, Illinois

| source1_coordinates= {{coord|39.140041|-88.491159|region:US-IL|format=dms|name=Salt Creek origin}}

| mouth_location = Confluence with the Little Wabash River, Effingham County, Illinois

| mouth_coordinates = {{coord|38.975322|-88.5450486|region:US-IL|format=dms|name=Salt Creek mouth|display=inline,title}}

| progression = SaltCreek → Little Wabash → Wabash → Ohio → Mississippi → Gulf of Mexico

| source1_elevation =

| mouth_elevation = {{convert|466|ft|m|abbr=on}}

| length_mi = 18.5

| custom_label = GNIS ID

| custom_data = {{GNIS 4|417895}}

}}

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Salt Creek is a tributary of the Little Wabash River, which it joins near Edgewood, Illinois, near the boundary between Effingham and Clay counties.{{gnis|417895|Salt Creek}} There are at least two other "Salt Creeks" in Illinois: Salt Creek (Des Plaines River tributary) and Salt Creek (Sangamon River tributary).

Salt Creek is about {{convert|18.5|mi}} in length.U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. [http://viewer.nationalmap.gov/viewer/ The National Map], accessed May 19, 2011

Cities, towns and counties

Salt Creek drains the following cities, towns and villages:

Salt Creek drains parts of the following Illinois counties:

See also

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