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Salt Creek is a stream in Northeastern Illinois, and an important tributary of the Des Plaines River. It rises in Northwest Cook County at Wilke Marsh in Palatine and flows in a meandering course generally southward through DuPage County, returning to central Cook County and emptying into the Des Plaines near Brookfield. Most of the creek's watershed is urbanized, densely populated and flood-prone. Official language(s) English Capital Springfield Largest city Chicago Area - Total - Width - Length - % water - Latitude - Longitude Ranked 25th 149,998 km² 340 km 629 km 4. ...
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Cook County is a county located in the state of Illinois. ...
Palatine is a village located in Cook County, Illinois. ...
DuPage County is a county located in the state of Illinois. ...
Brookfield is a village located in Cook County, Illinois, 13 miles west of Chicago. ...
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Dams were constructed along the creek in 1978 within the Busse Woods forest preserve near Elk Grove, creating the 590-acre Busse Lake. A diversion tunnel was constructed approximately 2.5 km north of the confluence with the Des Plaines, at a point where the two streams are separated by only 500 m. Scrivener Dam, in Canberra, Australia, was engineered to withstand a once-in-5000-years flood event A dam is a barrier across flowing water that obstructs, directs or retards the flow, often creating a reservoir, lake or impoundment. ...
1978 (MCMLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (the link is to a full 1978 calendar). ...
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Tributary streams include Addison Creek. A tributary (or affluent or confluent) is a contributory stream, a river that does not reach the sea, but joins another major river (a parent river), to which it contributes its waters, swelling its discharge. ...
External links - Salt Creek Watershed Network
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