Morgan Creek (California)

Morgan Creek
River
Country United States
State California
Counties Mono, Inyo
Municipality Inyo National Forest
Part of NW Owens Valley
River Owens River
Source Sierra Crest
 - coordinates 37°23′28″N 118°45′04″W / 37.391232°N 118.751092°W / 37.391232; -118.751092
Mouth
 - location Pine Creek
 - coordinates 37°21′38″N 118°41′51″W / 37.36047°N 118.697405°W / 37.36047; -118.697405Coordinates: 37°21′38″N 118°41′51″W / 37.36047°N 118.697405°W / 37.36047; -118.697405
Location of the mouth of Morgan Creek in California

Morgan Creek is a 4.1-mile-long (6.6 km)[1] stream in Mono and Inyo counties of eastern California, in the western United States.

It flows from the high eastern Sierra Nevada in the Inyo National Forest, through Round Valley, to its confluence with Pine Creek near the Owens River northeast of Bishop in the Owens Valley.

Course

Morgan Creek flows from Sierra Crest headwaters, through Upper Morgan Lake and Lower Morgan Lake, with a right tributary draining Bear Creek Spire through Spire Lake and Split Lake. A left tributary is from the Mount Morgan cirque, 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 and Rock Creek—Owens River confluences.[2]

See also

References

  1. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map, accessed March 17, 2011
  2. ↑ "Morgan Creek". Google Maps. Retrieved 2010-07-31.


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