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Big Sandy Creek (Colorado)

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Progression
  
Arkansas—Mississippi

Basin area
  
4,825 km²

Mouth
  
Arkansas River

Basin size
  
1,863 sq mi (4,830 km)

Source
  
El Paso County

Country
  
United States of America

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Main source
  
El Paso County, Colorado

River mouth
  
Confluence with the Arkansas 3,547 ft (1,081 m)

Big Sandy Creek is a 211-mile-long (340 km) tributary of the Arkansas River noted for being the location of the Sand Creek Massacre in Kiowa County. Long stretches are dry most of the time on the surface, although water still flows underground. Big Sandy Creek starts near Peyton in El Paso County, Colorado and flows through Elbert, Lincoln, Cheyenne and Kiowa counties before it joins with the Arkansas River in Prowers county east of Lamar.

Map of Big Sandy Creek, Colorado, USA

References

Big Sandy Creek (Colorado) Wikipedia