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Piceance Creek

Coordinates: 40°05′24″N 108°14′42″W / 40.09000°N 108.24500°W / 40.09000; -108.24500
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Piceance Creek[1]
Piceance Creek viewed from a bridge on County Road 22, June 2021
Map
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • coordinates39°47′27″N 107°52′36″W / 39.79083°N 107.87667°W / 39.79083; -107.87667
Mouth 
 • location
Confluence with White River
 • coordinates
40°05′24″N 108°14′42″W / 40.09000°N 108.24500°W / 40.09000; -108.24500
 • elevation
5,702 ft (1,738 m)
Basin features
ProgressionWhiteGreenColorado

Piceance Creek is a 57.9-mile-long (93.2 km)[2] tributary of the White River in Garfield and Rio Blanco counties in Colorado, United States.[1] The name likely derives from the Shoshoni word /piasonittsi/ meaning “tall grass” (/pia-/ ‘big’ and /soni-/ ‘grass’).[3]

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References

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  1. ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Piceance Creek
  2. ^ U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map, accessed March 18, 2011
  3. ^ CASTANEDA, TERRI (November 2006). "Native American Placenames of the United States:Native American Placenames of the United States". The Public Historian. 28 (4): 100–102. doi:10.1525/tph.2006.28.4.100. ISSN 0272-3433.
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