Otter Creek (Tennessee)
Otter Creek | |
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Location | |
Country | United States |
State | Tennessee |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | |
• location | Radnor Lake |
• elevation | 594 ft (181 m) |
Mouth | |
• location | Little Harpeth River |
Length | 6.5 mi (10.5 km) |
Otter Creek is a 6.5-mile-long (10.5 km)[1] creek in Davidson County, Tennessee. It is the effluent of Radnor Lake, and flows through Radnor Lake State Natural Area. It is a tributary of the Little Harpeth River, and via the Little Harpeth, Harpeth, Cumberland, and Ohio rivers, it is part of the Mississippi River watershed.
The creek gets its name because it once contained river otters.[citation needed]
See also[]
References[]
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map, accessed June 8, 2011
Coordinates: 36°02′39″N 86°47′29″W / 36.0441667°N 86.7913889°W
Categories:
- Rivers of Davidson County, Tennessee
- Rivers of Tennessee
- Middle Tennessee geography stubs
- Tennessee river stubs